Baked Apples With Marzipan Worms - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 small baking apples
None None green food coloring
1/4 lb marzipan
None None red food coloring pen
6 tbsp cranberry relish
None None mint sprig, to decorate

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 400\u00b0F. Cut the core out of each apple and place in a greased shallow ovenproof baking dish. Bake for 15-20 mins until just tender.
Meanwhile, knead a little green food coloring into the marzipan. Divide and shape into 6 'worms'. Use an edible red writing pen to mark eyes on the worms.
Remove the apples from the oven and spoon the cranberry relish into the center. Decorate each apple with a marzipan worm and serve decorated with a mint sprig.