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      Title: Apple Florentine
 Categories: Lakeland
      Yield: 1 servings
 
      1 lb Cooking apples, prepared
           -weight
      4 oz Sugar
           Grated zest of 1 large lemon
     10 fl Ale
        pn Grated nutmeg
    1/4 ts Cinnamon
      2    Cloves
 
  Use a very deep pie dish, approximately 8 inches in diameter. Heat
  the ale and 1 ounce of the sugar, stirring to dissolve, remove from
  heat and add the cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon; leave to infuse for 2
  hours. Wipe quarter and core the apples and place in the pie dish.
  Sprinkle over the 3 ounces sugar and grated lemon zest. Pour over the
  ale infusion. Roll out a good thickness of puff pastry to make a lid.
  Moisten the edge of the dish to get a good seal. Crimp edges and
  decorate as a desired. Bake in a preheated oven, 400F, Gas 6, 200C
  for 30 minutes, then reduce to 350F, Gas 4, 180C for a further 30
  minutes.
  
  Allow to cool a little beefore serving with custard, or cream, or
  greek yoghurt, or ice cream or clotted cream!
  
  P.S. Be careful not to eat the cloves.
  
  Source: Lakeland Plastics
 
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