Stuffed
Chestnut Apples
What
You Need:
4 oz. dried chestnuts,
roasted
1/3 C soy milk
1/3 C apple juice
5 T maple syrup
1 t cinnamon plus a little
extra
1/4 t nutmeg
1/3 C raisins
6 apples
2 T lemon juice
3/4 C white wine
1 T margarine
1 cinnamon stick
How to Make
It:
Roast the chestnuts according
to package directions.
Be sure to rinse the chestnuts
under cold water and drain well.
Using a sharp knife cut off the
flat area and scrape out the chestnut meat.
Place the chestnut meat into a
blender.
Add the soy milk, apple juice, 4
T of the maple syrup, 1 T cinnamon and the
nutmeg.
Puree the mixture until
smooth.
Add the raisins.
Peel the apples.
Remove the core.
Hollow out the apple being sure
to leave about 1 in around and intact.
Sprinkle the apples with the
lemon juice.
Sprinkle the inside of each apple
with cinnamon.
Chop the apple.
Add the chopped apples to the
puree and mix together well.
Fill each apple with the
filling.
Preheat oven to 350
degrees.
Spray a baking dish lightly with
a non stick cooking spray.
Place the filled apples in the
dish.
Place the wine in a
bowl.
Stir in the remaining
syrup.
Pour the mixture into the dish
around the bottom of the apples.
Add the margarine to the wine
mixture.
Place the cinnamon stick in the
middle of the dish.
Bake 35 minutes being sure to
baste the apples with the wine mixture a couple of times during
baking.
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