Cardamom baked apples with vanilla mascarpone
This simple dessert is always well-received
SERVES
4
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
5
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
20
MINUTES
Ingredients
3 small cooking apples, roughly sliced
2 tbsp honey
½ tsp ground cinnamon
8 cardamom pods, lightly crushed
6 star anise
For the vanilla mascarpone:
200g mascarpone cheese
3 tsp icing sugar
2 tsp vanilla
½ tbsp honey
Method
Preheat your oven to 180°C.
Place the apple slices on a large, flat ovenproof dish. Toss them in half of the honey and the spices. Bake for 15 minutes then drizzle on the rest of the honey. Bake for a further five minutes or so, until soft but still retaining a bite. Allow to cool in the dish.
Whisk all the ingredients for the mascarpone and place into the fridge until ready to serve.
Scoop the apples into four bowls making sure to get any of the juices from the dish. Serve warm with a dollop of the mascarpone.
