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Baked Apples with pine nuts and fennel

Savory-sweet baked apples with pine nuts and fennel

Savory-sweet baked apples are stuffed with pine nuts and fennel.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 2 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 2 apples large, Lady Alice or tart baking
  • 1/4 cup fennel (1 stalk and fronds)
  • 1/4 cup celery (one stalk)
  • 2 tbsp pine nuts
  • 2 tbsp brandy Calvados or other
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1 lemons juiced
  • 1 cup water (filtered or spring) boiling

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 375F/190C/gas mark 5.
  • Wash and dry the celery and fennel, and finely chop.
  • Heat about 1 T. (15 ml) of olive oil in a large saute pan or cast iron skillet over medium heat. Saute the pine nuts, fennel, and celery, adding the sea salt and pepper as you saute. When they are golden brown, add the brandy, continuing to stir until the brandy cooks off. Squeeze just a little fresh lemon juice over the mixture, stirring to combine.
  • Heat the water on the stove or in the microwave.
  • Core each apple about 3/4 of the way down using an apple corer, being careful not to cut all the way to the bottom. Use a sharp paring knife to widen the hole at the top, and a grapefruit spoon to scoop out the seeds and core.
  • Fill each apple with the mixture, rounding them on top. Pour one spoonful of brandy into each apple.
  • Put the apples in a ceramic baking dish. Carefully pour in the hot water, and put the dish in the oven on the middle rack.
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until the topping is golden brown and the apples are softened but not mushy.

Notes

Per serving:
  • 152 calories
  • 5 g fat
  • 0 g cholesterol
  • 241 mg sodium (21 mg sodium with salt omitted)
  • 199 mg potassium
  • 27 g carbohydrate
  • 2 g fiber
  • 22 g sugars
  • 1 g protein
  • 4 Weight Watchers Points Plus
Thanks to Elise Bauer of Simply Recipes for her baked apples method.
Required FTC disclosure: The apples were provided by Rainier Fruit. The Idaho Potato Commission provided my pass to the Fresh Summit. I was not paid to write this post.