Apple and Blackberry Charlotte recipe

ingredients

1 lb (450 g) cooking (tart) apples, peeled
1 lb (450 g) blackberries
rind and juice of 1/2 lemon
1/4 level tsp (1.25 ml) ground cinnamon
1/2 stick (2 oz) 50 g butter, melted
6 slices from a large white loaf
3/4 - 1 cup (175-225 g) 6 - 8 oz sugar
2 tbsp (30 ml) bread or cake crumbs

method

1. Quarter the apples and remove the cores.

2. Wash and pick over the blackberries.

3. Stew the fruit in a pan with the lemon rind, juice and cinnamon.

4. Brush a charlotte mould or a 12.5 cm (8 in) cake tin generously with melted butter.

5. Cut the crusts off the bread. Trim one piece to a round the same size as the base of the tin, dip it into the melted butter and fit into the bottom of the tin.

6. Dip the remaining slices of bread in the butter and arrange closely around the side of the tin, reserving one piece for the top.

7. Add the sugar and crumbs to the stewed fruit, mix well and fill the tin.

8. Cover with the remaining slice of bread, trimmed to fit the top of the mould.

9. Cook in the oven at 190°C (375°F) mark 5 for about 1 hour, turn out and serve with custard or cream.

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