Baked Apples With Pasta Recipe

• 1 c. Anelli of Risoni Pasta (pre-cooked to almost the 'al dente' stage)
• 4 lrg cooking Apples
• 60 gm Butter (softened)
• 1/2 c. Brown Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
• 60 gm Hazelnuts ( roasted and minced)
• 4 x Glace Cherries ( halved)
• 1/2 c. Sultanas (pre-soaked in a little brandy, if possible)
• 80 gm melted Butter

1. Peel and core the apples.
2. Cream together the sugar and the softened butter.
3. Add in the Anelli rings or possibly Risoni, cinnamon, nuts and the cherries.
4. Fill the apples with the mix and place them close together on a buttered ovenproof dish.
5. Pour the melted butter over the tops of the apples, cover with foil and bake in a moderate oven ( 350F / 180C) for 30 min.
6. After 20 min baking, remove the foil and sprinkle the tops of the apples with the sultanas and a little more brown sugar.
7. Return to the oven and bake
8. (uncovered) till tender.
9. Serve with cream or possibly ice cream.
10. This recipe is an interesting variation on the usual baked apple.

anelli of risoni pasta, apples, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, hazelnuts, glace cherries, sultanas, butter

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/baked-apples-with-pasta-73912 (may not work)