Apple Farci

Ingredients

• Wash and core 4 good sized apples
• Put 4 figs
• 8 dates
• ½ c raisins
• ½ c nut meats
• with ½ c water
• and 2 T butter
• sprinkle with ½ c sugar

Method

1. 1

   Core apples and scoop out pieces without reaching the core.

2. 2

   Fill cavities with a mixture of figs, dates, raisins, nut meats, and apple pieces.

3. 3

   Place in a baking pan with water and butter, sprinkle with sugar, cover, and bake slowly until tender.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 90. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

APPLE FARCI AND CREAM Braized Heart Wash a calf's heart and remove the veins, arteries, and clotted blood ; stuff with bread dressing- }i c bread crumbs, 34 c stock or hot water, i t sage, ground, i T chopped onion, 1 t chopped red pepper, and i t salt, and sew together at the top. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, roll in flour and brown in hot fat ; place in a small deep baking pan, fill the pan half full of boiling water, cover closely, and bake slowly 2 h, basting every 15 m. It may be necessary to add more water. Remove the heart from the pan and thicken the liquor with flour mixed to a thin paste with cold water, using 2 T flour for every c of liquid. Season with salt and pepper and pour around the heart before serving. Creamed Onions Remove the outer skins from 6 good sized onions and boil until tender, about i h. Cover with i^ c medium white sauce (3 T butter, 3 T flour, p. 38), and serve. Apple Farci Wash and core 4 good sized apples, Jonathan preferred. With a vegetable scoop or a teaspoon remove several pieces from the sides of each apple, taking care, however, that the cavity so made does not extend to the core. Put 4 figs, 8 dates, }i c raisins, }i c nut meats, and the pieces of apple through the food chopper, and fill the cavities of the apples, cores and all with this mixture. Place in a small baking pan with ^ c water and 2 T butter, sprinkle with ^ c sugar

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