Main Dishes

Burning Calvados Apples

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 20 mins
Total Time 3 hrs 20 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 6)

Ingredients

  • 500 g apples, aromatic (Cox Orane, Jonathan)
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon sugar, brown (or sugar cane granules)
  • 1 pinch cinnamon
  • 3 cl calvados
  • 12 scoops ice cream, vanilla or cream ice cream
Burning Calvados Apples
Burning Calvados Apples

Instructions

  1. Wash the apples, quarter them, peel the quarters, remove the cores, and cut into thin wedges.
  2. In a heavy-bottomed pan, melt 1 tablespoon butter over medium heat with 1 tablespoon brown sugar and a pinch of cinnamon. Add the apple wedges, stir to coat, cover, and cook for 5 minutes until soft, stirring occasionally.
  3. Pour 3 cl calvados over the hot apples. Carefully ignite the calvados.
  4. Immediately place the flaming apple slices onto 2 scoops of vanilla or cream ice cream per person and serve.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

Get FREE Recipe Gifts now. Or latest free cooktops from our best collections.

Disable Ad block to get all the secrets. Once done, hit any button below