Hoooooooo Boy Howdie:
(serves 6)
Butter*, as needed, softened
6 Granny Smith* apples
1&1/2 cups ricotta cheese
1/4 cup hazelnuts, ground or crushed (use your mortar and pestle*)
1/2 cup milk chocolate* chopped (A.D., you can use dark*)
1/4 cup honey, divided
1 T. orange zest
Preheat oven to 375. Brush the bottom of a medium baking pan with butter. Slice a small piece off the bottom of each apple so they stand flat without falling over. Cut off the tops of apples and, using a spoon or small knife, carve out the core, leaving a thickness of about 1" of apple all around. Transfer apples to baking dish. In a med. bowl, combine ricotta, hazelnuts, chocolate, 3 T. honey, and orange zest. Divide mixture among apples, filling inside cavity of each and mounding on top. Drizzle remaining 1 T. honey over apples, and bake until ricotta-chocolate mixture starts to melt, and skin of apples has browned slightly, about 15 mins. Serve warm - maybe with vanilla bean ice cream*!!!
Be KIND today, and have FUN doing it!!
Love,
MM
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