Peter Lamb’s Apple Charlotte

Name: Peter Lamb’s Apple Charlotte
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 4 ozs (110 g/½ cup) sugar; 1 tablesp. water; softly whipped cream to serve; ½ oz (15 g/⅛ stick) butter; 1 small loaf of good-quality white bread; 6 ozs (170 g/1½ sticks) butter; 2 egg yolks (preferably free-range); 1 oz (30 g/⅛ cup) castor sugar; 1½ lbs (675 g) apples (Cox’s Orange Pippin are best but Bramley Seedling can be very good also); 1 egg white, lightly beaten

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Simply Delicious 2

By Darina Allen

Published 1990

About

This is the scrummiest, most wickedly rich apple pudding ever. A friend, Peter Lamb, makes it as a special treat for me every now and then.

Ingredients

1½ lbs (675 g) apples (Cox’s Orange Pippin are best but Bramley Seedling can be very good also)
½

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Peel and core the apples and cut into slices. Melt ½ oz (15 g/⅛ stick) butter in a stainless steel sauc