Serves 6-8
Ingredients:
6-8 of
your favorite apples such as “Pink Lady”
½
tablespoon of sweet organic butter
1 ripe
pear cored, chopped into ½ inch pieces
1 ripe soft
persimmon, seeds removed and chopped into ½ inch pieces (if you can’t find persimmons,
feel free to leave them out or substitute something else)
½ cup
dried cherries
½ cup
dried blueberries
½ cup dried
mixed berries, like strawberries, raspberries, blackberries
½ cup of
pitted prunes chopped
½ cup
dried apricots
¼ cup
honey
1 cup of
dry white wine
½ cup raw
sugar
1 sprig
of rosemary
1 sprig
of sage
1 vanilla
bean split
½ cup
Amaretto, brandy, cognac or calvados
Method:
Preheat
oven 375°
Combine
dried fruit, chopped pear, persimmon and remaining ingredients in a medium
sauce pan. Simmer over medium-low heat, uncovered about 30 minutes. Stir in liquor
and allow to cool.
While the
compote simmers, core apples using a small pairing knife or an apple corer and
core apples three-quarters of the way down. Evenly divide mixture amongst
apples spooning compote into apple cores.
Melt
butter in an ovenproof skillet (you can also use a loaf pan). Fit apples snugly
in an ovenproof skillet and bake until apples are soft about 1 hour.
Serve warm
with drippings and pan syrup spooned over apples.
Note: Because you follow an organic lifestyle, OrganicAuthority.com recommends
using certified organic ingredients, when available, in all recipes to maximize
flavors and nutrition while minimizing your risk of exposure to pesticides,
chemicals and preservatives.
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