1/4 c  Raisins
   1/4 c  Rum
     4    Whole apples; (Golden
          -Delicious)
     4    Amaretti; cookies crumbled
   1/3 c  Pine nuts
   1/3 c  Walnuts; shelled,chopped
   1/2 tb Sugar
   1/2 ts Vanilla extract
     5 oz Bittersweet chocolate;
          -chopped
          Confectioner’s sugar
 Soak the raisins in the rum for 30 minutes; drain. Cut the tops off the
 apples, reserve them to use as lids, and carve out half of the pulp; chop
 the pulp and combine it with the amaretti, pine nuts, walnuts, sugar,
 vanilla, and raisins.
 Fill the apples with the mixture, cover each with a “lid”, and steam for
 6-8 minutes over boiling water.
 Melt the chocolate with 1/2 cup of water in a double boiler. Serve with the
 “lids” on a pool of chocolate sauce, dusted with confectioner’s sugar.
                 
                 Yields       
                4 Servings                
