Ingredients

• 4 eating apples
•   orange, grated rind and juice of 1
• 4 tbsp mincemeat
• 1 egg white, lightly beaten
• 40g/1½oz ground almonds
• 25g/1oz caster sugar

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Peel and core the apples, then brush with the orange juice. Fill the centre of each apple with mincemeat, making sure that you pack it down well.
2. Put the egg white into a small bowl. Mix the almonds, sugar and orange rind in a separate bowl. Coat the apples in the egg white, then the almond mixture until they are completely covered.
3. Place the apples in a buttered ovenproof dish and bake for 50-60 minutes until the apples are tender and the coating is crisp and golden brown in colour. Serve hot with custard, crème fraîche or yogurt.

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