Baked Apple with Filling

Ingredients

• 180 g marzipan base
• 1 Egg white
• a pinch of salt
• 3 dried dates
• 50 g ground hazelnuts
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 4 apples (e.g., Boskop)
• butter (for greasing)
• powdered sugar from birch sugar (for dusting)
• chocolate flakes (ready-made)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Cut the marzipan base into small pieces. Beat the egg white with a pinch of salt until not fully stiff. Pit and finely dice the dates, then knead them with the marzipan base, ground hazelnuts, and cinnamon. Gently fold in the egg white.

2. 2.

   Wash and dry the apples, then use an apple corer to hollow them out. Cut off a lid from each apple top. With a sharp knife, score the apple skin slightly so it doesn’t burst in the oven.

3. 3.

   Generously fill the apples with the marzipan mixture, then replace the lids. Place the apples in a small greased baking dish and bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C (180 °C fan; gas: level 3) for about 25 minutes. Dust with powdered birch sugar and garnish with chocolate flakes.