Method

• Preheat oven to 190`C Have your dried fruit soaking whilst you begin your preparation
• Peel, quarter, and core all the apples
• Cut into chunks about 2cm thick
• Heat a fry pan until very hot
• Toss the apple with the sugar and add to the pan in a single layer
• If the temperature is right the sugar should start to caramelise almost immediately
• Leave for a couple of minutes, add the soaked drained fruit, then turn the apples carefully as you want the fruit to stay intact
• Continue cooking for a further 3 minutes or until the fruit starts to feel tender when pieced
• Remove from the heat
• Put the flour and butter in a food processor and process briefly until the mixture resembles fine crumbs
• Add the brown sugar and whiz for a few seconds more
• Grate the nutmeg straight into the mixture, add the oats and blend again briefly
• Scatter the topping over the fruit - don’t pat it down or level it! Bake the pudding for 20 minutes until the topping is nicely browned
• Leave to stand for 10 minutes before serving