Five-Spice Roasted Apples with Spiced Whipped Cream
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- Prep Time15 min
- Total Time55 min
- Makes4 servings
Produced by Stephanie Han Kim, Food Photography by Christie Vuong, Food Styling by Eshun Mott, Prop Styling by Madeleine Johari
Roasted apples are a simple dessert and will make your house smell wonderful when you slide them into the oven before sitting down to dinner. If you don’t have five-spice powder, substitute with cinnamon or another warm-spice blend—or make a mix of your own.
Ingredients
4 small to medium apples, halved lengthwise and cored
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
3 tbsp butter, melted
1 tsp five-spice powder
1/3 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
2 tbsp honey
Spiced Whipped Cream
1 cup 35% cream
1 tbsp honey
Pinch of five-spice powder
Instructions
Position rack in centre of oven, then preheat to 375F. Arrange apple halves, skin-side down, in an 8 x 8-in. baking dish.
Combine sugar with butter and five-spice powder in a small bowl, blending with a fork until it resembles damp sand. Stir in walnuts. Sprinkle over apple halves. Drizzle with honey. Cover dish tightly with foil.
Bake for 30 min, then remove and discard foil. Continue baking until apples are tender, 10 to 20 more min.
Spiced Whipped Cream: Meanwhile, beat cream in a medium bowl using an electric mixer on medium-high until soft peaks form, 2 to 3 min. Beat in honey and five-spice powder until combined.
Serve roasted apples warm topped with spiced whipped cream and drizzled with excess sauce from baking dish.
Kitchen tip
While multiple variations of five-spice powder exist in different styles of Chinese cuisine, it’s most often a mix of fennel seeds, Sichuan pepper, star anise, cloves and cinnamon.
This recipe was created for Chatelaine by Julie Van Rosendaal as part of an easy dumpling feast that your guests can help make.
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Julie Van Rosendaal is the author of 12 best-selling cookbooks and a food columnist on CBC Radio, and she writes about food for publications across Canada.
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