Baked Apples Pommes Bonne Femme Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Fit apples snugly in a medium oval baking dish (apples should not tip over).
• In a small bowl, combine sugar, butter, and orange zest until well incorporated. Transfer to a piping bag; pipe butter mixture into each apple, dividing evenly. Add 2 tablespoons water to baking dish.
• Bake, basting twice with pan juices, until apples are tender but not falling apart, 40 to 50 minutes.
• Transfer baking dish to a wire rack. Add a heaping tablespoon of jam to each apple; sprinkle each with a scant tablespoon of hazelnuts. Serve warm with cookies, if desired.

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes and cut them lengthwise into half-inch-thick slices. Stack the slices and cut them lengthwise into half-inch-thick strips. Cut the strips into half-inch cubes. There should be about four cups. Add water to cover.
• Cut the mushrooms into quarters. There should be about three cups.
• Drain the potatoes.
• Heat the oil in a heavy skillet. When it is quite hot, add the potatoes. Cook over high heat, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking, eight to 10 minutes until lightly golden.
• Add the mushrooms and continue cooking, shaking the pan and stirring over high heat, about two minutes.
• Add the butter and scatter the onion over all. Add salt and pepper. Reduce the heat to medium and continue cooking about five minutes. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.