Baked Apples With Pasta

Photo: flickr user toadstool ring

Ingredients

1 cup Pasta (pre-cooked to almost the 'al dente' stage)

4 larges cooking Apples

60 grams Butter, softened

1/2 cup Brown Sugar

1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon

60 grams Hazelnuts, roasted and chopped

4 Glace Cherries, halved

1/2 cup Sultanas, pre-soaked in a little brandy, if possible

80 grams melted Butter

Preparation

Peel and core the apples. Cream together the sugar and the softened butter.

Add the pasta, cinnamon, nuts and the cherries. Fill the apples with the mixture and place them close together on a buttered ovenproof dish. Pour the melted butter over the tops of the apples, cover with foil and bake in a moderate oven ( 350F / 180C) for 30 minutes.

After 20 minutes baking, remove the foil and sprinkle the tops of the apples with the sultanas and a little more brown sugar. Return to the oven and bake (uncovered) until tender. Serve with cream or ice cream.