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. 


Toffee apple self-saucing pudding

grams/5½oz unsalted butter, softened

120 grams/4¼oz caster sugar

2–3 Bramley apples, peeled, cored,

eggs,

150 grams/5½oz self-raising flour

fine salt

tsp full-fat milk

400 milliliters/14fl oz cloudy apple juice

cornflour

60 grams/2¼oz dark brown sugar

500 milliliters/18fl oz plus 2 tbsp whole milk

500 milliliters/18fl oz double cream

vanilla pod (bean), split lengthways

120 grams/4½oz caster (superfine) sugar

tbsp custard powder

milliliters–50 milliliters/½fl oz– 2fl oz cognac

This apple chutney has a tangy, sweet flavour which is perfect with cheeses such as cheddar,  cheshire or white stilton.

Spiced apple chutney

225 grams/8 ounces onions, chopped

900 grams/2lb apples, cored and chopped

110 grams/4 ounces sultanas, raisins or chopped dates

grams/½oz coriander

paprika

grams/½oz mixed spice

sugar

425 milliliters/¾ pints malt vinegar

A good tomato chutney take some beating, and this version is great because it's not too sweet

Autumn tomato chutney

tomato

cooking apple peeled, cored and chopped

raisins

green pepper

tsp salt

½ tsp ground ginger

cider vinegar

Put all the ingredients into a large pan and bring to the boil over a medium heat. Stir occasionally until the sugar has dissolved. Boil the mixture, uncovered, for about 45-50 mins until the fruit is tender and thickened. Cool, then transfer the mixture to a sterilised jar and seal.

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