*Eve's Pudding*
Serves 4

This pudding is proof positive that you can create something totally delicious with a few simple ingredients.  This is an old English favourite from way back.

400g cooking apples (2 1/2 cups sliced)
the grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
75g demerara sugar (6 TBS)
2 TBS water
75g of butter, plus more for greasing the pudding pan (1/3 cup)
75g caster sugar (6 1/2 TBS)
1 large free range egg
100g self raising flour (3/4 cup plus 1 TBS)

Pre-heat the oven to 180*C/350*F.  Lightly butter a 1 litre baking dish.  Set aside.

Peel, core and slice the apples thinly.  Place them into a bowl and mix together with the lemon zest, lemon juice, demerara sugar and the water.  Pour this mixture into the buttered baking dish.

Cream the butter together with the caster sugar, until light and fluffy.  Beat in the egg. mixing it in well.  Fold in the flour lightly and then spread the resulting batter over top of the apples in the baking dish.

Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until the apples are soft and the sponge is firm and nicely browned.

Serve warm with lashings of custard or cream!