Baked Apples with Homemade Custard
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5 hours 30 minutes
A simple non-stuffed baked apple is served with a delicate homemade custard that uses a fresh vanilla bean pod.
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Ingredients
Serves: 4
- Vanilla Custard
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 tablespoons caster sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- 1 1/2 cups (375ml) milk or more to taste
- 1 vanilla bean
- Baked Apples
- 4 large apples
- 1/2 cup (125g) caster sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup (250ml) apple juice
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:1hour10min ›
Extra time:4hours cooling ›
Ready in:5hours30min
- Vanilla Custard: Mix egg yolks, sugar and cornflour with just enough milk to make a smooth paste. Stir in scraped out vanilla seeds and the bean pod.
- Place remaining milk into a cold saucepan then whisk in the paste and bring to the boil. If you prefer a thinner sauce, add more milk.
- Simmer until the sauce begins to thicken, stirring constantly.
- Remove vanilla bean pod. Allow sauce to cool then chill for a few hours. Whisk before serving.
- Baked Apples: Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
- Wash apples, dry, core and place in a small baking dish.
- Mix together sugar and cinnamon then sprinkle over the apples inside and out.
- Pour enough apple juice into the baking dish so that the apples are sitting in 1-2cm juice.
- Bake in preheated oven for about 45-55 minutes, basting every 15 minutes. Test if cooked with a knife; the apples should feel soft.
- To Serve: Place apple while still warm in a bowl and cover with chilled vanilla custard.
