Ingredients

Method

• 1/2 cup brandy
• 4 fresh bay leaves
• 70 g crimson raisins
• 100 g dates, pitted
• 1 lemon, zested and juiced
• 50 g walnuts
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 T butter
• 4 Gala apples, halved horizontally and cored

Method

Ingredients

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Heat a frying pan over high heat, then add the brandy, bay leaves, raisins and dates. Boil for 2 minutes.

Add the lemon zest and juice, walnuts, honey and butter and cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.

Fill the bottom half of each apple with the fruit-and-nut mixture, top with remaining apple halves and spoon the filling into the cores.

Place on a baking tray, pour any remaining brandy syrup over the apples and bake for 25 minutes until soft and caramelised.