British Recipes > A Tansy of Damsons and Apples from Cumbria

This recipe is part of the October 2006 Recipes Menu


Starter - Pumpkin Gnocchi
Main Course - Chicken Breast Oriental Style
Dessert - A Tansy of Damsons and Apples

How to make a tansy of damsons and apples from Cumbria:
Similarly with stone fruits there has been a glut of damsons in the UK this autumn so this recipe is an ideal way of using them up. If you don't have access to damsons then any sort of plum will do.





Ingredients

2 large cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
2 cups damsons, cut in half with stones removed
1 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoon brown sugar
pinch cinnamon
pinch ground cloves
4 eggs separated
3 tablespoons crème fresh
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Heat the butter gently in a frying pan.
- Add the apples and damsons and 1 1/2 tablespoons of the sugar.
- Cook until soft and remove from heat.
- Add the cloves and cinnamon.
- Beat the egg yolks with the crème fresh in a basin.
- Stir the eggs and crème fresh mixture into the fruit.
- Whisk the egg whites until stiff.
- Fold egg whites into the fruit mixture.
- Cook over a low heat until set.
- Sprinkle the rest of the sugar over the top.
- Brown under a hot grill.