Quark Apple Gratin with Cranberries

Ingredients

• 2 apples (e.g., Boskop)
• 50 g dried cranberries
• 4 tbsp orange juice
• 3 eggs
• 5 tbsp pear syrup
• 400 g quark
• 0.5 tsp orange zest
• 4 tbsp semolina
• butter (for the dish pan)
• powdered sugar (for dusting)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Preheat the oven to 180°C fan.

2. 2.

   Peel, quarter, core the apples and cut quarters into strips. Mix cranberries and orange juice together. Separate eggs; whisk yolks with pear syrup, quark, orange zest, and semolina until smooth. Beat egg whites stiffly and fold into the quark mixture.

3. 3.

   Fill about two-thirds of a buttered baking dish with the quark batter and arrange apple strips evenly in fan shape on top. Pour remaining cream over and bake for approximately 35 minutes until golden brown.

4. 4.

   Serve dusted with powdered sugar.