cooking apple

A plum-filled pudding with a light, fluffy scone-like topping - perfect for after the Sunday roast

Plum & apple cobbler

cooking apples (Bramley's are best)

ripe plums

lemon

golden caster sugar

self-raising flour

cinnamon

butter

tbsp milk

walnut pieces

Preheat the oven to fan 160C/ conventional180C/gas 4. Butter a 1.5 litre ovenproof pie dish.

Peel, core and slice the apples. Halve, stone and quarter the plums. Put the apples in a pan with the lemon juice, sugar and 1 tbsp water. Bring to the boil, then cover and cook gently for 5 minutes. Add the plums and cook for a further 5 minutes.

Turn the fruit into the prepared dish. Tip the flour and cinnamon into a bowl, add the butter, cut into small pieces and rub in with your fingertips. Stir in the sugar, then add the egg and milk and mix lightly to a soft batter (this can be done in the food processor).

Drop tablespoonsful of the batter over the fruit, leaving gaps where the fruit peers through, then scatter over the nuts. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the topping has a crisp brown crust.

This chutney recipe is a great way of using up a glut of garden tomatoes, making them last all year

Green tomato chutney

2½ kg green tomatoes

onion

salt

sultanas

cooking apples

light muscovado sugar

1.14l jar spiced pickling vinegar

Slice the tomatoes (you can skin them if you want, but it's not necessary). Finely chop the onions. Layer both in a large bowl with the salt. Leave overnight.

The next day, chop the sultanas using a large, sharp knife, then peel, core and chop the apples. Put the sugar and vinegar into a large pan and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Add the sultanas and apples and simmer for 10 mins. Strain the tomatoes and onions in a colander (but don’t rinse), then tip into the pan and return to the boil.

Simmer for about 1 hr, stirring occasionally until the mixture is thick and pulpy. Transfer to warmed jars (see tips, below) and cover with lids.

This gooey pudding has a sweet apple sauce at its base and makes a delightful winter dessert. 


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