PREAMBLE

This was one of my mother’s favourite ways to use up the glut of cooking apples we had every year from the apple tree in our garden.

INGREDIENTS

This should serve between 4-6 people.

 2lbs of cooking apples (preferably Bramleys), peeled, cored and sliced.

 Juice of 1 freshly squeezed lemon.

 8 cloves.

 Nutmeg

 4oz of butter

 8oz of flour.

 8oz of demerara sugar.

 Butter for the dish.

PREPARATION

 Sprinkle the sliced apples with lemon to prevent them going brown.

 Grease a deep oven proof dish with some butter.

 Place the apples in layers (interspersed with the cloves) in the dish.

 Mix the flour and butter together in a bowl, use your hands (remember to wash them and remove jewellery first!), until it forms a crumb like texture.

 Add the sugar, and use your hands to mix it well.

 Cover the apples with the mixture, and press down firmly.

 Sprinkle the top with good measure of nutmeg.

COOKING

Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Cook for 45 minutes or so, until the apples are tender and the top golden brown.

TIPS

Most excellent with double cream, custard or ice cream.

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