French Apples

Ingredients

• 1.4 Golden Delicious apples, halved; centre cavity scooped out; do not cut all the way through
• 2.2 Granny Smith apples, grated; sprinkled with lemon juice; mixed into filling
• 3.2 egg yolks, for filling
• 4.60 millilitre cream, 4 tablespoons; for filling
• 5.25 millilitre sugar, for filling
• 6.2.5 millilitre lemon zest, finely grated rind
• 7.salt, pinch
• 8.ground cinnamon, pinch; for filling
• 9.10 millilitre arrowroot, 2 teaspoons; thickener for filling
• 10.brown sugar, for sprinkling on top before final grill
• 11.5 millilitre sugar, for water at bottom of dish
• 12.375 millilitre water, for bottom of dish

Method

1. 1.Place halved Golden Delicious apples in a baking or gratin dish and bake for 10 minutes in a 180ºC oven.
2. 2.Combine all the reserved apple juice, cream, egg yolks, sugar, lemon rind, salt, cinnamon and arrowroot with the grated Granny Smith apple. Fill the cavities.
3. 3.Sprinkle with brown sugar. Place the sugar and water in the bottom of the dish.
4. 4.Bake for another 20 minutes or until cooked through. Baste every 10 minutes.
5. 5.Before serving, place under a grill until brown and bubbly.

Notes

• Handwritten annotation: 'If you use more apples than double syrup.'
• Handwritten annotation: 'Before cutting put a tiny blob of butter on each apple.'
• Handwritten annotation: 'Drop brown sugar on each apple for looks!'
• Arrowroot thickens the cream-egg filling; cornflour can substitute.