EVE'S PUDDING
Ingredients
450g tart eating or cooking apples, peeled and cored.
75g demerara sugar
grated rind 1/2 lemon
5 ml water
75g butter
75g caster sugar
1 egg, beaten
150g self raising flour milk to mix
Oven: 180C/Gas 4
Serves: 6
Method
Slice the apples thinly into a greased 900ml ovenproof dish and sprinkle the demerara sugar and grated lemon rind over them.
Add 15ml water.
Cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
Add the egg beating well to incorporate.
Fold in the flour with a little milk to give a dropping consistency and spread the mixture over the apples.
Bake for 40 to 45 mins, until the apples are tender and the sponge is cooked.
Serve with lots of double cream or custard, ice cream or all three.