The recipe for hearty and delicious Baked Apples en croute with Butterscotch Sauce!
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
International
Prep Time30minutes
Cook Time1hour
Total Time1hour30minutes
Servings1
AuthorManuela Zangara
Ingredients
Dough
125gms– 1 cup all-purpose flour
½tspsalt
1tbspsugar
35gms– 1/3 cup butterchilled
4tbspvery cold water
½tsppumpkin pie spice
Butterscotch Sauce
160ml– 2/3 cup heavy cream
155gms– ¾ cup brown sugar
50gms– 2 ½ tbsp buttercubed
Filling
1tbspwalnutstoasted
½tbspsugar
1tbspbutterscotch sauce
Apple
1apple
½tsppumpkin spice
3/4tbspbrown sugar
Instructions
Dough
Knead all the ingredients by hand until just combined. DO NOT knead too much or your crust will be tough. If you want a flaky crust, you should make sure the butter is not completely incorporated into the flour.
Shape it into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Butterscotch Sauce
Put the cream, brown sugar and butter in a pot and stir over medium heat for 5 minutes.
Increase the heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, stirring often, for 5 minutes or until the sauce thickens slightly.
Filling
Toast the walnuts in a pan for a few minutes.
Add the sugar and stir well until the sugar is completely dissolved and it coats the walnuts.
Put them on some baking paper and let them cool down completely.
When cool, crush the nuts and mix them with 1 tablespoon of butterscotch sauce. Keep aside.
Apple
Mix together the pumpkin spice and sugar.
Core and peel the apple, and roll it in the brown sugar and pumpkin spice mix.
Fill the cored apple with the crushed caramelised walnut and butterscotch mix.
Roll the crust into a 3 mm – 0.1 inch thick sheet and roll it all around the apple. Use any left-over dough to decorate the apple.
Bake it at 190°C – 375°F for 35 to 40 minutes.
Serve warm with the butterscotch sauce on the top.