Peasant Girls In The Mist - Scandinavian Apple And Cream Pudding

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 large cooking apples, peeled and cut into chunks
• 3 tablespoons caster sugar
• 1 1/2 ounces unsalted butter
• 3 ounces rye breadcrumbs or 3 ounces brown breadcrumbs
• 2 ounces soft brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 pint whipping cream or 1/2 pint creme fraiche
• 4 tablespoons icing sugar
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons toasted hazelnuts, very finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 put the cubed and peeled apple chunks into a large saucepan with the caster sugar and 2 to 3 tablespoons water.
• 2 cook them over a gentle heat until they are completely tender - stirring them every so often to mash them down.
• 3 put them into a bowl to cool.
• 4 melt the butter in a frying pan and add the breadcrumbs and brown sugar.
• 5 saute, stirring constantly over a medium heat until the breadcrumbs are golden brown.
• 6 add the cinnamon and stir well.
• 7 remove from the heat and allow to cool.
• 8 whip the cream and add the icing sugar & lemon juice.(or add the icing sugar & lemon juice to the creme fraiche.).
• 9 take a large glass bowl or 4 individual glass bowls and layer the stewed apples, breadcrumbs and cream - ending with a layer of cream.
• 10 scatter with the chopped hazelnuts and serve.