ANNA'S APPLE, BANANA & PEAR CARAMELY PUDDING
Serves 4
INGREDIENTS:
2 large or 3 meduim bananas
2 meduim-large crisp dessert apples
2 pears
a knob of butter
1 Tablespoon sunflower oil
2 Tablespoons soft brown sugar
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat the oven to 190 degree C.
Peel the bananas, half them lenthways & cut each half into two.
Put into an oven dish.
Peel the apples & pears, half or quarter them & remove the cores, then add to dish.
Add the butter, then the oil (which will stop the butter burning) & place in the oven for 10 minutes.
Take the dish from the oven & give the whole thing a gentle stir to distribute the butter over all the fruit.
Return to the oven for 10 minutes, then take it out again.
Sprinkle over the sugar, stir gently & return to the oven for a further 10 minutes or until everything is soft & buttery, sugary juices are starting to caramelise.
Serve at once, with plain yoghurt, cream or ice cream, & short bread if you want.
Plus one: A few toasted nuts- roughly bashed walnuts, pecans or slivered almonds, toasted in a hot oven for 5-10 minutes until lightly browned-make an extra delicious finishing touch.