Ingredients

• 80g/3oz mixed dried exotic fruit
• (such as mango
• papaya
• banana
• fig
• golden raisins)
• chopped
• 55ml/2fl oz brandy
• 30g/1oz soft light brown sugar
• ½ tsp allspice
• 100g/3½oz butter
• plus extra for spreading
• 6 eating apples
• cored
• 200g/7oz Greek yoghurt
• to serve

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 150C/130C Fan/Gas 2.
• Place the mixed dried fruit and the brandy into a bowl and leave to soak for at least two hours
• but ideally overnight.
• After soaking
• add the sugar
• allspice and butter to the brandy-soaked fruit.
• Spoon the fruit mixture into the holes in the cored apples
• pressing in to fill well and spread some more butter over the apples.
• Place the stuffed apples into an ovenproof dish
• cover with aluminium foil and transfer to the oven to bake for 40 minutes.
• Remove the foil and cook 15-20 minutes more
• until the apples are soft
• but not collapsing.
• Place onto plates and serve with a dollop of Greek yoghurt.