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.
As you can read in the
culinary calendar, 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 World-cook website, you
will also find a recipe for
peach dumplings.