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Nice Spiced Apples

Apples stuffed with raisins, nuts, sugar, orange peel, and cinnamon, cooked in a pressure cooker with wine or grape juice.

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Why it works: Raisin and cinnamon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,390 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Nice Spiced Apples

Time10 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Soak raisins in wine or grape juice for 30 minutes.

  2. Drain, reserving wine or juice.

  3. Combine raisins, nuts, sugar, orange rind and cinnamon.

Prepare the apples

  1. Core apples, cutting to, but not through, the bottoms so filling won't fall through.

  2. Pare top ⅓ of each apple.

  3. Place each apple on a large square of aluminum foil (large enough to completely wrap an apple).

  4. Fill centers with raisin mixture.

  5. Divide tablespoon of butter into 4 pieces.

  6. Top each apple with one piece of butter.

  7. Wrap foil around apple, pinching firmly together at top.

Pressure cook and serve

  1. Set cooking rack in cooker.

  2. Pour in reserved wine and 1 cup of water.

  3. Place apples on rack.

  4. Lock lid and bring to full pressure.

  5. Adjust heat to maintain pressure.

  6. Cook for 10 minutes.

  7. Quick-release pressure.

  8. Remove apples.

  9. Unwrap.

  10. Serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

463Calories
3 gProtein
13 gFat
88 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Red Grape Juice1/2 cup (76g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Nutsnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Raisin + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Orange + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Cinnamon + appletop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Orange + appletop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,230 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Red wine + appletop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together148 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Cooking apples
Hold their shape as the core is filled and form the soft body of the dish.
Golden raisins
Add sweetness and chewy texture to the filling as they plump in the wine or juice.
Butter
Adds richness and moisture as it melts over the filling and apples.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the filling taste rounded against the fruit's tartness.
Nuts
Add crunch and a toasty, rich note to the soft filling.

The step that matters

Wrap the foil firmly at the top. A tight, well-pinched seal keeps steam and juices inside the foil so the apples cook gently and the filling stays in the apple instead of leaking into the cooker.

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (raisin, red wine, sugar, orange, cinnamon, apple, butter):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Walnutfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against raisin, red wine, sugar, orange, cinnamon, apple, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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