Baked Apples In Puff Pastry (Or Not) With Raspberry Preserves and Lemon
This is an utterly delicious but very simple recipe - really for 2 different but delicious desserts - with or without the puff pastry. In fact you can prepare the pastries and pop them in the oven to bake while you are eating dinner; it will be ready just in time for the dessert course:). Served a la mode (with the traditional vanilla or butter pecan ice cream), it is sure to please one and all! It is easy on the eye too - apples bathed in gorgeous raspberry sauce and topped with a snowy cap of ice cream. Yummy indeed! You can make this dessert without the pastry - save the carbs and fats :). I just place the apple halves snugly in a baking pan, pour the sauce over them and bake until the apples are soft, about 30 minutes. Serve them warm from the oven, just as they are or a la mode - place baked apple on a serving dish, add ice cream and spoon some of the sauce from the pan over the ice cream. I had it at E's house this way - a la vanilla ice cream made with vanilla beans. ...