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Baked Apples Stuffed with Mascarpone, Dried Cherries and Spiced Pecans


4 large baking apples (Pippen or Rome Beauty or Cortland)
1/4 cup hot water
2 cups Zinfandel
1/2 cup dried tart cherries
3 ounces (1/2 cup) Ricotta or Mascarpone cheese
1 package (3 oz.) Neufachatel cheese
1-1/2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 tablespoons sugar
Spiced Pecans (see recipe)

Slice 1/2-inch piece off top of Each apple; reserve. Core apples using small melon baller; discard core. Peel upper one-fourth of each apple; place in shallow baking dish just large enough to hold apples. Replace apple tops and pour 1/4 cup hot water around apples. Bake at 350 F 45 minutes, basting occasionally, or until apples are tender but still hold their shape. In saucepan, heat wine and cherries to simmer. Turn off heat; let stand 30 minutes to plump cherries. Strain cherries; reserve both cherries and wine separately.

In medium Mixing bowl, mix cherries, Ricotta, Neufachatel, lemon rind and salt; set aside. In small saucepan, heat wine and sugar to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until wine is reduced to 1 cup. Cool slightly; keep warm until serving time. Remove apples from oven; let cool 15 minutes. Remove and set aside apple tops. Carefully fill cavity of each apple with one-fourth of cheese mixture, mounding it on the apple tops. Replace apple tops. Return to oven briefly to rewarm, if desired. Transfer warm apples to serving plates, sprinkle with Spiced Pecans and pour sauce around and over them.

4 servings.

Spiced Pecans - Sweet

1 bag pecan halves
1 stick butter
3 tablespoons cinnamon
3 tablespoons allspice
6 packages Equal. sweetener

Melt butter. Place pecan halves in butter and brown slightly. Add spices and Equal and mix well. Let cool on waxed paper.




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