Recipe

Serves:  8 people | Prep time:  10 minutes | Cooking time:  65 minutes

British | Vegetarian | Dessert

Ingredients

• 1 x pack 4 British Bramley Apples
• 200g Hot Cross Bun breadcrumbs  
• 50g unsalted butter
• 130g caster sugar – plus a little extra to sprinkle  
• 1 x lemon  

Method

1. Melt the butter in a wok add the breadcrumbs and cook till slightly crisp  

2. Juice the lemon  

3. Put the lemon and the caster sugar into a large bowl

4. Peel, core and quarter the apples and then slice thinly

5. Add the apple slices to the sugar and lemon and gently mix to coat the apples  

6. In a deep oven proof dish put in a third of the breadcrumbs

7. Put half of the apples on top

8. Then top these with another third of the breadcrumbs  

9. Put the remaining apple slices on top  

10. Then sprinkle over the last of the breadcrumbs  

11. Sprinkle with a little caster sugar  

12. Cover with foil and bake in the oven for 60 minutes

13. Remove the foil and bake for a further 5 minutes to crisp the top

14. Great served hot or cold with cream, custard or vanilla ice cream