Helen Goh’s Recipe For Baked Apples With Lemon And Tahini | The Sweet Spot

After nan excesses of December, these baked apples are a light, refreshing vegan pudding. The filling makes bully usage of immoderate dried consequence lingering still from Christmas, and is brightened pinch citrus and bound pinch nutty tahini. As nan apples bake, they move yielding and fragrant, while nan sesame oat topping crisps to a aureate crown. Serve lukewarm pinch a scatter of cream, yoghurt aliases ice-cream (dairy aliases otherwise), and you person comfortableness that feels wholesome and indulgent.

Baked apples pinch citrus and tahini

If request be, you tin make these vegan and/or dairy-free pinch a fewer elemental tweaks.

Prep 5 min
Cook 1 hr 15 min
Serves 6

3 ample granny smith apples
200ml pome juice
Double cream, yoghurt aliases vanilla ice-cream (dairy aliases otherwise), to serve

For nan filling
70g dried consequence (any operation of raisins, figs, apricots, dates), trim into astir nan size of raisins
25g shelled pecans, chopped
25g ray aliases acheronian brownish sugar
30g tahini
½ tsp crushed cinnamon
Finely grated zest of 1 mini lemon
1 tbsp citrus juice
⅛ tsp flaky oversea salt

For nan oat and sesame crisp
25g oats
15g sesame seeds
1 tbsp olive oil, aliases melted coconut oil
1 tbsp maple syrup
⅛ tsp flaky oversea salt

Cut nan apples successful half and, utilizing a teaspoon, scoop retired nan cores to make a cavity astir 3cm wide. Arrange nan apples trim broadside up successful a snug-fitting baking dish, past move complete half nan pome juice, allowing nan excess to excavation astir nan guidelines of nan fruit.

Heat nan oven to 210C (190C fan)/410F/gas 6½. To make nan filling, operation each nan ingredients successful a mini vessel and flip until evenly combined. Spoon astir a tablespoonful of filling into each pome cavity, mildly pressing it successful to thief it stick. Cover nan crockery pinch tinfoil, past cook for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, operation each nan oat and sesame crisp ingredients successful a mini bowl.

After nan 30 minutes are up, region nan foil screen and spoon nan sesame substance complete nan apples. Pour nan remaining pome juice into nan guidelines of nan dish, past move down nan oven to 200C (180C fan)/350F/gas 4 and return nan crockery uncovered to nan oven for different 30 minutes, aliases until nan apples are tender and nan topping is golden. If nan topping browns excessively quickly, loosely screen again pinch nan foil.

Remove nan apples from nan oven, time off to cool slightly, past service pinch cream, yoghurt aliases vanilla ice-cream.