Baked Apples Stuffed with Buckwheat and Walnuts

1. 1 Apples≈ $3.50 per kg 200 g
2. 2 Milletpack 800 g ≈ $3.50 40 g
3. 3 Honey 10 g
4. 4 Walnutspack 150 g ≈ $4.00 17 g
5. 5 Raisinspack 200 g ≈ $2.40 17 g

Grey rows are pantry staples: salt, oil, spices. They are not counted in the serving price.

Method

1. Rinse the buckwheat, then place it in a deep microwave-safe dish with 100 ml of water. Cover and cook in a microwave at 800 watts for 10–12 minutes until tender.

2. Cut the tops off the apples¹, scoop out the cores and some of the flesh with a spoon, leaving walls about 1 cm thick. Finely chop the removed flesh.

3. Chop the walnuts⁴ roughly, rinse the raisins⁵, and pour boiling water over them.

4. Mix the cooked buckwheat, raisins⁵, walnuts⁴, and chopped apple¹ flesh together.

5. Stuff the apples¹ with the mixture, leaving 1.5–2 cm of space at the top.

6. Dissolve the honey in 30 ml of warm water and drizzle it over the apples¹.

7. Place the apples¹ in a microwave-safe dish and bake at 800 watts for 5–6 minutes until tender. Let them sit for 2 minutes before serving.