Brown Betty

• 175 g (6 oz) fresh breadcrumbs, mixed brown and white
• 75 g (3 <

Put the breadcrumbs into a bowl and pour on the melted butter, mixing it in lightly with a knife.

Peel and core the apples and slice them thinly. Mix them with the sugar and cinnamon, lemon peel and juice.

Butter a 1.2-litre (2-pint) pudding basin and put in a thin layer of crumbs, then a layer of apples, then more crumbs, more apples and lastly a layer of crumbs. Cover with a s