Iced Apple Dumpling

For 4 people you need

Pastry

12 oz. flour
pinch salt
3 ozs margarine
3 ozs lard
approx. 3 tablespoons water

Filling

4 good sized cooking apples
2-3 oz. chopped dates
2-3 oz. seedless raisins
1 oz. brown sugar

To decorate

glace icing made with –
6 oz. sieved icing sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons water
4 glace cherries

  • Sieve flour and salt, rub in fat. and bind with water, roll out on lightly floured board.
  • Cut into 4 large triangles or squares.
  • Peel and core apples, put on pastry, and fill centres with dried fruit and sugar.
  • Damp edges of pastry and seal them together; lift on to the baking tin.
  • Cook until crisp and golden brown.
  • Cool, then blend icing sugar and water together, beating well.
  • Pour over top of fruit and top with a cherry, then allow to set.

Oven temperature moderately hot. 400-425°F. -Gas Mark 5-6
Oven position: centre

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