Spiced Apple Pandowdy

Ingredients:

• 1.5kg cooking apples, peeled, cored and cut into chunky wedges

• 150g Co-op Fairtrade light brown soft sugar

• 3 tbsp golden syrup

• 1 tsp ground cinnamon

• ½ tsp ground ginger

• 1½ tbsp Co-op plain flour, plus extra for dusting

• 375g pack Co-op puff pastry ready rolled

• 1 tbsp sunflower oil

• 1 tbsp Co-op Fairtrade demerara sugar

• 250ml coconut cream, chilled and whipped, to serve (optional)

Directions:

1. Toss the apple wedges, light brown sugar, golden syrup, cinnamon, ginger and flour together to coat everything evenly

2. Tip the mixture into a medium ovenproof pie dish and set aside

3. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/Gas 4

4. Unroll the pastry onto a lightly floured surface, then roughly cut into squares and rectangles 5-10cm in length

5. Lay the pastry shapes on top of the apple wedges, overlapping a little as you go

6. Brush the pastry with the oil and sprinkle over the demerara sugar

7. Bake for 45 mins, then increase the temperature to 220°C/fan 200°C/Gas 7, and cook for 10 mins more

8. Remove the pandowdy from the oven and leave to rest for 5 mins before serving with the chilled coconut cream, if using