Gluten-free toffee apple puddings
These pretty little apple puddings are the perfect way to end a meal on an autumn evening. The gluten-free pudding batter creates a particularly moist and pleasing texutre, while the lightly cooked apple slices and rich caramel sauce finish things off perfectly.
Ingredients
Puddings
- 50g of dried apple
- 50g of sultanas
- 150ml of apple juice , preferably cloudy
- 2 eggs , large
- 3 tbsp of light olive oil, plus extra for greasing
- 75g of light muscovado sugar
- 125g of gluten-free self-raising flour
- 1/2 tsp gluten-free baking powder
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Toffee sauce and garnish
- 25g of unsalted butter
- 1 apple , cored and finely sliced or peeled and scooped into balls using a melon baller
- 50g of light muscovado sugar
- 150ml of double cream
Equipment
- 8cm dariole moulds (6)
Method
1
Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4 and grease your pudding moulds with butter
2
In a small bowl, soak the dried apple slices and sultanas in the apple juice for about an hour
3
In a large mixing bowl, preferably with a handheld electric mixer, whisk the eggs with the oil and sugar for a few minutes until frothy
4
Add the flour, baking powder and cinnamon, along with the soaked fruits and juice, and mix well with a wooden spoon
5
Divide the mixture equally between the tins and place them on a baking sheet. Bake for about 20 minutes until well risen and firm on top and a cake tester or skewer inserted in the centre comes out reasonably clean (you don’t want any wet batter on the skewer but a few moist crumbs are fine)
6
Slide a thin knife around the inner rim of the tins and upturn the puddings onto a plate. Trim the bottoms to level them if you like
7
Make the sauce whilst the puddings are baking. Melt the butter in a shallow pan (a small sauté pan or frying pan), add the apple slices or balls and soften them for a couple of minutes
8
Remove the apple and set aside, add the sugar and cream to the pan and heat gently until the sugar dissolves and the sauce thickens slightly
9
Serve the puddings with the apple slices or balls on top and the sauce spooned over
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