Ingredients

• 1 apple
• 30g/1oz butter
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 free-range egg whites
• whisked until stiff
• 50g/1¾oz Cheshire cheese
• grated

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
• Slice the top off the apple
• chop the flesh from this part and place it into a bowl
• discarding the rest of the top part. Then cut out as much flesh as possible from the main part of the apple
• leaving the outer shell intact. Discard the core
• chop up the flesh and add this to the bowl.
• Melt half of the butter in a small ovenproof frying pan
• place the apple flesh into the pan and cook gently for 4-5 minutes
• or until softened to a purée.
• Transfer the apple purée to a bowl and leave to cool for five minutes.
• Melt the remaining butter in the pan. Place the apple shell into the pan
• sprinkle brown sugar over it and transfer to the oven to bake for 5-6 minutes
• until beginning to soften and turn golden-brown.
• Meanwhile
• place the whisked egg whites into the bowl with the apple purée and fold together
• then fold in the Cheshire cheese.
• Remove the apple from the oven
• spoon the purée mixture inside it and return to the oven for 5-6 minutes
• or until puffed up and golden-brown.
• To serve
• transfer the baked apple to a serving plate.