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    Roast apple stacks with honey, prunes and calvados

    • Vegetarian
    • Gluten Free
    • Preparation time: 15 minutes
    • Cooking time: 40 minutes
    • Total time: 55 minutes

    Serves: 4

    Ingredients

    4 suffolk pink or other large apples
    25g unsalted butter, softened
    50g clear honey
    25g light brown muscovado sugar
    100g ready to eat prunes, finely chopped
    60ml double cream
    2 tbsp calvados or brandy
    ½ tsp ground ginger
    ½ tsp ground cinnamon

    Method

    1. Preheat the oven to 200˚C, gas mark 6. Core the apples, slice horizontally (into about 6-8 slices each) and reassemble. Trim the bases so they sit flat, if needed.

    2. Beat together the remaining ingredients with a pinch of salt. Spoon into the centre of each apple – it’s easier to pick up ½ the apple, and stuff the centre of each ½ before putting the apple back together. Put each apple upright in a small baking dish or ovenproof pan – they should fit snugly. Spoon any excess mixture on top of the centres, pushing it right in with a teaspoon and piling up any extra.

    3. Add 1 tbsp water to the base of the dish and bake for 35-40 minutes, basting the apples occasionally and adding more water if needed, until just tender and lightly browned. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, cream or custard, if liked

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    This recipe first appeared in Waitrose Food, September 2017 issue. Download the Waitrose Food app for the full issue

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