4 apples (golden, red delicious, etc.)

2 Tbs sesame seeds

1 Tbs pine nuts

2 Tbs raisins or dried mulberry (soaked 10 min)

2 Tbs brown rice syrup

2 drops vanilla

sea salt

 

- Pan roast separately seeds and nuts, then grind coarse or crush

- Chop dried fruit

- Combine ingredients together

- Cut the top off the apple, save it

- Dig a one-inch diameter hole using a melon baller

- Fill the apples, replace top, put in a baking dish with ½ inch of water

- Bake covered at 375 for 20 min, then uncover for 5 to 10 min

 

 

Lemon Sauce:

 

1 ½ cup amasake

¼ to ½ lemon

2 to 4 drops ginger (optional)

1 tbs kuzu root starch

Sea salt

 

-Bring amasake to a boil, add kuzu (diluted with water) and stir to avoid lumps

-Cook for 2 min, pour in a bowl, add lemon and ginger, let cool off

 

This is a base recipe for classic French apples, modifiable easily.

Have fun with it!