BAKED APPLES w/CREME FRAICHE

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Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
  • 1 cup apple juice
  • 3 tbsp. unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 8 Gala apples
  • 3 tbsp. brandy
  • 1/2 cup crème fraiche
  • Vanilla Ice Cream

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine vinegar, juice, butter and sugar in a 13 x 9-inch glass-baking dish.

Cut off top 3/4 inch of apples to make lids.

Scoop out cores with a melon-ball cutter and replace lids.

Put apples in baking dish and cover with foil.
Bake in middle of oven until very tender but still intact, 1 to 1-1/4 hours.

Transfer apples to plates and boil pan juices with brandy in a saucepan until reduced to about 1 cup.

Fill apples with crème fraiche and serve with sauce, or top baked apple with vanilla ice cream, and spoon sauce over ice cream.