Photo: Matheus Cenali
Baked Apples with Blue Cheese, Black Pepper and Honey
10 ingredients
Serves 4.
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This new spin on classic baked apples blurs the line between sweet and savory. Piquant blue cheese is the star here; fragrant spices and sweet honey play supporting roles. The apples are filled after baking and their warmth brings together all of the robust sweet-salty flavors.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
436
Calories
8g
Protein
15g
Fat
77g
Carbs
Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 100 |
| Apple | 1 medium (182g) | 95 |
| Apple Cider | 1 medium (182g) | 95 |
| Honey | 1 tbsp (21g) | 64 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Star Anise | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 4 apples, preferably Cortland or pippin
- 1/2 cup plus 1 Tbs. honey
- 1/2 lemon
- 1 cup apple cider
- 8 whole cloves
- 3 whole star anise
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 3 oz. blue cheese
- 1 tsp. freshly ground pepper, plus more for garnish
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
Directions
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By williamssonoma ·
Recipe sourced from
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