Cinnamon buttered and stuffed apples with chestnut honey cream

Serves 4 Desserts and puddings

002  Chestnuts  Ft  Dec10

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Ingredients

  • 40g butter
  • 40g soft brown sugar
  • 1tsp ground cinnamon
  • 8 chestnuts, roasted and peeled
  • 4 eating apples
  • 4 x 5cm cinnamon sticks

To serve

  • dollop of crème fraîche
  • trickle of chestnut honey

Method

While the oven preheats to 180°C/250°f/Gas 4, mash the butter and sugar together with the ground cinnamon. roughly chop the roasted chestnuts and core the apples. Pack chestnuts into the core cavities, interspersing and topping with the cinnamon butter. Soak the cinnamon sticks, splay one end of each and push into the apples where once there were stalks. Bake in a buttered tin for 30 minutes, basting halfway through with pan juices. Serve apples skinsplitting hot with a good dollop of crème fraîche drizzled with chestnut honey.

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Recipes and food styling: Linda Tubby. Photography and prop styling: Angela Dukes.
002  Chestnuts  Ft  Dec10
Recipes and food styling: Linda Tubby. Photography and prop styling: Angela Dukes.

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