Baked Apples With Honey Cream Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/2 cup sweet wine, such as marsala (i use icewine)
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 4 -6 fresh apples, use your favourite baking apples
• 3 tablespoons soft butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 for sauce:.
• 2 beat egg yolks and honey until light and frothy, about 10 minutes.
• 3 reduce speed; mix in wine.
• 4 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.
• 5 be careful not to let the mixture boil!
• 6 remove from heat, cool to room temperature; chill to cool completely.
• 7 whip cream until it reaches soft peaks, then fold into cold sauce. keep chilled until ready to serve.
• 8 to bake apples: preheat oven to 350°f.
• 9 slice top third off each apple, leaving stems intact; remove cores.
• 10 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.
• 11 bake 35-40 minutes until apples are tender. cool to room temperature; serve with dollop of sauce between apples and tops.