Baked apples filled with custard and nuts

{Imprisoned apples}

Preparation time: 30 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Total: 1 hora
Yield: 4

Ingredients:
4 apples
2 sheets of pie dough
4 tablespoons custard
walnuts, raisings, chopped almonds

To caramelise:
150 gr sugar

For the custard:
250 ml milk (1 cup)
250 ml heavy cream (1 cup)
150 gr sugar (3/4 cup)
3 egg yolks
1 vanilla pod
30 gr cornstarch (two tablespoons)

Step 1

Bake the apples. To do this wash them carefully, core them, put in a dish suitable for oven, with half a glass of water, and cook at 180Cº for 25 minutes.

Step 2
Prepare the filling. Hydrate the raisins in some water for an hour. Then drain them. Prepare your favorite custard or creme pattisiere recipe, and take 4 tablespoons. Mix custard with raisins and nuts.

Step 3
Once the apples are baked, pour into the middle/core of each apple 1 tablespoon of the raisin filling we’ve prepared previously.

Step 4
Prepare the pastry prison. Use a grid cutter or sharp knife to create a grid or pattern on the pastry sheets. Take some parchment paper and wad a bunch of it up into a large ball, about the size of your apple.

Step 5
Cut the pastry into 4 pieces, and then wrap each piece around the paper balls. See step-by-step images on the related blog link. Place on a baking sheet.

Step 6
Bake the pastry for 15 minutes at 200 º C. If dough is too thin to use the cutter and gives you problems, you can knead it and stretch the width you wish.

Step 7
After baking the grids, carefully remove the baking paper ball from inside.

Step 8
Prepare the caramel, just putting sugar in a nonstick pan over medium heat, and heating it until it becomes liquid and gets dark.
Step 9
Once the pastry grids are baked, use a pastry brush to spread hot caramel over them, being careful not to get burned. Let the caramelised grids dry.

Step 10
To serve, put an apple (already filled) on a dish and cover with the pastry grid.

13 Comments

Alanna on 5 July 2012 at 1:26 pm

You are simply amazing. I am in awe!!!
Where do you get those fabulous spoons with the flowers on them?????

SandeeA on 5 July 2012 at 1:38 pm

The spoons are from the firm Sabre, in Spain you can buy them online here I believe they are going to start selling to other countries as well… Thank you 🙂

Raeesa Simjee on 15 August 2012 at 6:59 am

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lihi on 15 August 2012 at 11:40 am

wow I loved the idea!

Denise@BeBetsy on 16 December 2012 at 10:03 pm

How beautiful and clever! Have never seen anything like this. Inspiring!

We found you on Pinterest by the way and so happy we did! Best wishes – Sharon and Denise @BeBetsy.com

Matt on 8 January 2013 at 4:07 am

Simply incredible! Thanks for posting! The lattice sphere is indeed inspiring.

Matt on 8 January 2013 at 4:18 am

As I don’t have the lattice wheel, I think I will use a tiny, steel, star-shaped cutter by hand. Then I might put a nice chocolate fondant in the center. Or maybe a nice fruit tartlet. Mmmm, I love dessert 😉