Fennel Apple Gratin

Ingredients

• 4 apples (Elstar)
• 200 ml white wine
• 2 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• Salt
• 150 g Bergkäse (e.g., Südtiroler Stilfser)
• 1 bulb fennel
• 1 tbsp Hazelnuts

Instructions

1. 1.

   Wash the apples, halve them and hollow out the core with a melon baller. Simmer white wine with mustard seeds, fennel seeds and salt for 5 minutes. Steam apple halves in the wine broth until just cooked.

2. 2.

   Lift the apples from the broth with a slotted spoon, place them in a baking dish. Pour some of the broth over them. Cut the Bergkäse into pieces and add to the apples. Briefly gratinate under a preheated grill until the cheese melts.

3. 3.

   Clean, wash and finely chop the fennel. Chop hazelnuts. Sprinkle apples with fennel and hazelnuts before serving.