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Baked Apples with Orange Marmalade

Just the kind of dessert for a cold autumn or winter night.

Serves 2

2 large cooking apples, e.g. Bramley
1 tbsp orange marmalade
1 tbsp chopped mixed nuts and seeds
2 tbsp mixed dried fruit
Pinch of cinnamon
4 tbsp cloudy apple juice

Preheat oven to 200ºC.

Wash and core apples and stuff with a mixture of marmalade, nuts, dried fruit and cinnamon. Place in an ovenproof dish, pour over the apple juice and bake for approx. 45 min until the apple is baked through. Baste apples regularly to stop them from drying out.

Carrot and apple salad

Great for kids! (and adults too)

Serves 2

1 large apple
1 large carrot
1-2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp single cream or flax seed oil
1 tbsp sunflower seeds
1 tbsp raisins

Finely grate apple and carrot and immediately mix with the lemon juice to prevent apple from browning. Mix in cream or oil and sprinkle with the seeds and raisins.

Blackberry crumble with banana cream

Another great dessert for autumn making use of all the blackberries growing right now.

Serves 4-6

For the filling:
4 apples, peeled and cored and diced
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp water
500 g blackberries
1 tsp cinnamon

For the crumble:
150g porridge oats
3 tbsp butter or coconut oil
2-3 tbsp brown sugar or maple or agave syrup
100g ground mixed nuts

For the banana cream:
2 large ripe bananas
150 ml milk or soya milk
1 tsp of agave or maple syrup

Heat apples with lemon juice, water and cinnamon and simmer until apples begin to soften. Add blackberries and leave to stand for a few minutes.

Mix all the crumble ingredients until it resembles breadcrumbs, either very gently with a food processor, making sure it does not over-process the crumble, or with your fingers. Using your fingers makes it easier to get the desired crumble texture.

Fill apple/blackberry mixture into an ovenproof dish and cover with the crumble. Bake at 180°C for approx. 25-30 min until crumble starts to turn golden.

Meanwhile blend all the ingredients for the banana cream until smooth and put into the fridge until the crumble is ready. Alternatively serve the crumble with custard or a good quality vanilla ice-cream.

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