Baked Apples with Nutmeg Custard Pudding

Name: Baked Apples with Nutmeg Custard Pudding
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon golden syrup; 1 tablespoon light soft brown sugar; freshly grated nutmeg; 2 large dessert apples, cored and cut in half lengthways; 25 g (1 oz) butter; 600 ml (1 pint) whipping cream; 100 g (4 oz) caster sugar; 3 eggs

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Keeping it Simple

By Gary Rhodes

Published 2005

About

This dessert needs to be made several hours in advance. The nutmeg custard pudding is precooked and set before serving cold with the hot apples.

Ingredients

600 ml (1 pint) whipping cream
3 eggs
100

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
England

Method

Preheat the oven to 140°C/275°F/gas 1. Boil the cream in a small pan. Whisk together the eggs and sugar in a bowl and pour in the cream, whisking continuously. Pour the custard into an ovenproof dish and sprinkle liberally with nutmeg.
Place in a deep tray