Middle Eastern stuffed apples
A great way to use up leftover meat. For a vegetarian alternative, swap the chicken or turkey for fried aubergine or mushroom.
Ingredients
- 6 cooking apples, cored and skins pricked
- 225g cooked chicken or turkey, cut finely or minced
- 6 cloves
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 50g Fairtrade walnuts, chopped
- 1 tbsp Fairtrade raisins or sultanas
- 1 tsp Fairtrade honey
- 1 tsp Fairtrade sugar
- margarine
- salt & pepper
Method
- Heat oven to 180C/350F/Gas mark 4
- partially cook the cored apples for 20-30 minutes until they begin to soften
- place the chicken in a bowl and add the cloves, cinnamon, ginger, salt & pepper
- add the nuts, raisins and honey. Combine well
- spoon some of the mixture into the centre of each apple in an oven-proof dish. Pour in enough water to cover the base of the dish
- sprinkle the sugar over the apples and put a small knob of margarine on each
- cook for 40 minutes or until the apples are cooked through
- serve with Traidcraft Basmati Rice.
Thanks to Traidcraft for this recipe. Have a look at more recipes from Traidcraft.
This page was last updated on 4 October 2009
