Apple Betty

This well-known nursery pudding is evidently the simplest derivative of the 16th century borage and apple tart. In those days the pastry was used instead of a piedish, and a case made called a coffin. The Kentish pudding pies and the Deddington pudding pies are surviving examples of this old method of baking. To-day fireproof glass moulds are made in the same shape, and can be used for baked custards either lined with pastry or bread-crumbs.