Apple shalet

Shalet is a dessert with apples which I make very often. It's very easy to make and it's delicious. The recipe comes from Claudia Roden's 'The book of Jewish food'.


1 kg sour apples
100 g raisins
125 ml white wine
175 g sugar
4 eggs
100 g chopped walnuts
1 tsp cinnamon

Peel the apples, remove the core and cut them in pieces. Put them in a pan with the raisins and white wine. Cook them for 15 min. on low heat until they are soft. Mash them with a fork and add the sugar. Cook for another 1-2 min. Let them cool off.
Add the egg yolks, walnuts and cinnamon to the apples. Beat the egg whites and add them too.
Put the mixture in a buttered dish and bake in the oven for 30-40 min. at 180 °C, until the surface is brown.
Serve hot or cold.

Variations

You can add a little lemon rind.
You can also add some old bread, without crust, soaked in water and squeezed out.

If you're in a hurry, you can add the apples uncooked, cut in small pieces. Leave out the white wine and use a little rum instead. Bake it for a little longer.