Baked Apples A La Pierre

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 rome apple (per serving)
• 2 teaspoons dried currants (i've used dried cherries also raisins, both dark & golden)
• 1 teaspoon black walnut, coarsely chopped (other nuts work but i prefer these)
• 1 teaspoon unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon real maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon dark rum (whalers if you can find it)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 325°f.
• 2 carefully core the apple from the blossom end but don't go all of the way through.
• 3 you want a well not a tunnel.
• 4 mix the currents and nuts and fill the well.
• 5 heat the butter and syrup in a double boiler until the butter is melted, stir in the rum and pour over the currents and nuts.
• 6 place in shallow baking dish and bake for 50 minutes.
• 7 serve.
• 8 (these go well any time of the day or night and the smell during baking will drive you wild).