Portuguese Oven-Baked Apples
This published version keeps the apples whole and bakes them with sugar, water, cinnamon and orange. Lightly scoring the skin is part of the source method; this recipe assigns it no unverified technical function.
- Yields
- 6 apples
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- About 30 min
Ingredients
- 6 Apples
- 6 tsp Sugar
- 2 Cinnamon sticks
- Juice of 1 orange Orange juice
- 100 ml Water
Method
Heat the oven to 160°C / 320°F. Wash and dry the apples, then remove the cores without cutting excessively through the bases.
Score a shallow line around the skin of each apple. Stand them in a baking dish and spoon one teaspoon of sugar into each cavity.
Add the water, orange juice and cinnamon sticks to the dish. Spoon a little liquid over the apples.
Bake for about 30 minutes, or until the apples are thoroughly baked.
Serve hot, warm or cold with the syrup formed in the dish.
Sources for this recipe
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