Best Honey Baked Apples With Creme Fraiche Recipes

HONEY-BAKED APPLES WITH CREME FRAICHE

Steps:

• 1. Using a vegetable peeler, remove the skin from the top of the apple, around the stem. Using a melon baller, scoop out the core, being careful not to puncture the blossom end.
• 2. Arrange the apples upright in an 8-inch baking dish and pour honey in and around the apples. Pour the water into the dish.
• 3. Place a strip of lemon zest in each apple cavity, then squeeze the juice of 1 lemon evenly over the apples.
• 4. Bake the apples in a preheated 350-degree oven, on a rack in the middle position, until a fork inserted into the center meets little resistance, about 45-55 minutes.
• 5. Remove from baking dish and dollop each apple with creme fraiche.

HONEY VANILLA CRèME FRAîCHE

Steps:

• This can either be thin like a sauce or thick like whipped cream. For the sauce, simply combine all the ingredients with a spoon. To make it thick, place all the ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and mix on high speed for about 60 seconds, or until it is as thick as whipped cream.

HONEY BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Core the apples, and remove the peel from the top third of each one. Place them in a baking dish, and fill the core holes with as many cranberries as you can fit.
• Meanwhile, stir together the water, brown sugar and honey in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar and honey if necessary. Once it comes to a boil, pour the mixture over the apples.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, basting with the juices every 15 to 20 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

OLD-FASHIONED HONEY BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Core apples, leaving bottoms intact; peel top third of each. Place in a greased 8x4-in. glass loaf pan; fill with cranberries., In a small saucepan, combine water, brown sugar and honey; cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Pour over apples., Bake, uncovered, until apples are tender, 35-40 minutes, basting occasionally with juices. If desired, serve with ice cream.

CARAMELIZED APPLES WITH HONEY VANILLA CRèME FRAîCHE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix together the crème fraîche, honey and vanilla till smooth. Cover and keep in the fridge till ready to serve.
• Melt the butter in a skillet on a low to medium heat then add the apples.
• Sautè the apples for around 5 minutes, till they soften and mix in the brown sugar and cinnamon. Cook for a further 2 minutes till the sugar has melted and the apple pieces are well coated.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool till it is just warm, then serve with a spoonful of honey vanilla crème fraîche and honey roasted pecans.

SIMPLE HONEY-BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Wash and core each apple, hollowing out the inside while leaving the bottom intact.
• Place apples in a baking dish coated with non-stick cooking spray.
• Sprinkle the cavity of each apple with cinnamon; fill each with 2 teaspoons honey and 1 teaspoon chopped pecans {optional}.
• Cover baking dish with foil. Bake at 350℉ until apples are tender, about 1 hour to 1 hour and 20 minutes, depending on variety and size of apples.
• Serve warm as-is, with a dollop of whipped cream, or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

BAKED APPLES WITH HONEY CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• For sauce:.
• Beat egg yolks and honey until light and frothy, about 10 minutes.
• Reduce speed; mix in wine.
• Transfer mixture to double boiler and stir constantly over moderate heat until custard thickens and feels heavy. It should coat the back of a spoon thickly.
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO LET THE MIXTURE BOIL!
• Remove from heat, cool to room temperature; chill to cool completely.
• Whip cream until it reaches soft peaks, then fold into cold sauce. Keep chilled until ready to serve.
• To bake apples: Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Slice top third off each apple, leaving stems intact; remove cores.
• Push butter into core cavities and rub some onto skins. Place apples in baking dish; sprinkle with sugar, pushing some sugar into cavity of each. Replace tops; sprinkle with remaining sugar.
• Bake 35-40 minutes until apples are tender. Cool to room temperature; serve with dollop of sauce between apples and tops.

HONEY BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring water, brown sugar and honey to a boil. Remove from the heat. , Core apples and peel the top third of each. Place in an ungreased 9-in. pie plate. Fill apples with raisins; sprinkle any remaining raisins into pan. Pour sugar syrup over apples. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour or until tender, basting occasionally. Serve with ice cream if desired.

HONEY BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Put apricot pieces, wine and sugar in small saucepan; bring to the boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes; add raisins and continue to simmer for a further 5 minutes; remove from heat and stir in butter until it is melted; stir in lemon zest and cashews and cool completely (can be prepared to this point up to 1 day in advance; cover and refrigerate)
• Peel and core the apples, then cut in half lengthwise, resulting in 6 halves with an indentation down the length; as each one is peeled and cored, rub with reserved lemon juice to discourage discolouration; place apples, rounded side down, in glass baking dish just large enough to hold them in one layer; evenly distribute apricot filling amongst the 6 apple halves, mounding slightly at middle
• Preheat oven to 350°F
• In a small saucepan, bring all the honey syrup ingredients, plus any lemon juice remaining, to the boil; boil rapidly for 5 minutes to thicken syrup slightly, being careful not to let mixture boil over; remove from heat and spoon over apples
• Bake apples until tender when pierced with a sharp knife, about 45-55 minutes, basting 3-4 times; allow to cool 20 minutes before serving
• These baked apples are very rich and an excellent contrast would be some crème fraiche, thick greek yoghurt or sour cream; a dollop on each apple, with some of the juices spooned over, is very nice

CRèME FRAîCHE CHEESECAKE WITH HONEY-RUM-ROASTED PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• For crust:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Blend all ingredients in bowl. Press mixture over bottom of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 23/4-inch sides. Bake until golden, about 12 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool. Wrap outside of pan with 2 layers of foil. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
• For filling:
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean and blend 1 minute. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Mix in crème fraîche. Transfer filling to crust. Place cheesecake in roasting pan. Add enough hot water to roasting pan to come 1 inch up sides of springform pan.
• Bake cake until top is dry-looking and slightly puffed, about 1 hour. Turn off oven. Let cake cool in closed oven 1 hour. Remove from water bath. Refrigerate uncovered until cold, at least 6 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and keep refrigerated.)
• For topping:
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Place pineapple rings on large rimmed baking sheet. Boil remaining ingredients in small saucepan 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour syrup over pineapple. Roast pineapple 12 minutes. Turn rings over; roast until tender and syrup thickens, turning rings every 5 minutes, about 20 minutes longer. Cool pineapple on sheet. Cut into 1/3-inch cubes; transfer pineapple and syrup to bowl. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Chill.)
• Drain pineapple, reserving syrup. Cover top of cheesecake with some pineapple; stir remainder back into syrup. Serve cake, passing remaining pineapple in syrup separately.