English cinnamon toast with pan fried apples Recipe jimmy2times

Ingredients

• 2 thick slices of good white bread
• 40g good salted butter
• 1 Coxs orange pippin apple (or any rough skinned native variety)
• 1 1/2 tbsp unrefined brown sugar
• 1 tbsp cinnamon (see above)
• Squeeze of lemon

Instructions

1. Heat the grill to medium high, toast bread well in toaster (or on both sides if under grill).
2. Cream together 1 tbsp of the sugar, 30g of the butter and the cinnamon in a bowl with a handheld whisk.
3. Cut apple into 8 equal sized slices (a corer is almost a necessity), heat 10g of butter in a heavy frying pan and add the apple.
4. Fry on medium/low until they take on some colour and then add 1/2 tbsp of sugar and squeeze of lemon.
5. Keep frying until the sugar has melt and the apples feel cooked when poked with sharp knive (dont over cook to a sludge though!
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7. Whilst the apples are cooking, spread creamed butter mixture over the slices of toast and place under grillwatch it doesnt burnand grill until the sugar has pretty much melted into the toast along with the butter and cinnamon.
8. Plate up the toast, place apples on in a pleasing fashion and pour over the pan juices.
9. You can dust with a little icing sugar if you choose.