Recipe#6457

Title: APPLE DUFF

  (Inspired by James Joyce's "Ulysses")

   4                    Dessert apples
   2       oz           Brown sugar
   2       oz           Raisins
                        Cinnamon to taste
   1                    Beaten egg
     1/2   pt           Cream, whipped
   1       pk           Puff pastry (12 oz)
  Preheat the oven to 400'F. Peel and core the apples. Stuff the centers
  with a mixture of brown sugar, raisins and cinnamon. Roll out the
  pastry and cut out 4 circles approximately 8" in diameter, depending
  on the size of the apples. Place an apple in the center of the pastry
  circle and brush the edge with beaten egg; draw up the pastry to
  enfold the apple, pressing the edges firmly to seal. Brush the tops
  of the pastry parcels with the remaining egg to glaze. Bake in a
  shallow ovenproof dish for 40 minutes. Serve with whipped cream.