Cut the shortcrust
pastry in 4 pieces and roll each out to a square, big enough to fit
around the apple. Put the apples in the middle; fill the holes with
75 gram sugar, put a small piece of butter on top and sprinkle with
cinnamon and nutmeg. Now close the pastry around the apple. Put the
apples on a baking tin. Dissolve the remaining butter and sugar in 1
dl water and pour this over the dumplings. Bake 50 minutes at 180 degrees
Celsius.
You can read in the
culinary calendar for
January, that apple dumplings
are traditionally served in the
Belgian province of
Antwerp on Lost Monday, the Monday after Twelfth Night. This is to remember
the pour harbor laborers who had finished their last money on drinks
on Sunday, and had to beg for free food on Monday with bakers and butchers.
On the Worldcook website,
you will also find a recipe for
peach dumplings.
