Bramley Bicentenary Recipe Competition Winner

Devonshire Woman is Crowned Bramley Queen

Teignmouth resident, Cristina McDowall, mother of four, is the new domestic goddess after winning a nationwide competition to devise a new Bramley apple recipe in celebration of the fruit’s bicentenary.

Cristina beat off tough competition to be crowned the winner of the competition, which ran online at bramleyapples.co.uk. She impressed the judges from the Bramley Campaign with her delicious recipe for Stilton Stuffed Bramleys.

Cristina said “I love cooking with Bramley apples and this is a simple yet tasty dish to recreate. People often don’t think of using Bramleys in a savoury dish but the combination of stilton, walnuts and Bramley apples works wonderfully.”

The nationwide search for new Bramley apple recipes was launched to celebrate the Bramley’s bicentenary. Cristina has won £500 worth of Denby, which also celebrates its bicentenary in 2009.

Stilton Stuffed Bramleys

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients:

4 Bramleys
2 oz crumbled Stilton
2 oz chopped walnuts
2 tbsp butter
4 tsp honey
4 whole walnuts

Method:

1. Pre heat the oven to 180°C / 160°F / Gas Mark 4. Wash the apples well and remove the core from the Bramleys almost to bottom (leave ¼ inch). Peel 1 inch from the top of apples. 

1. Mix the stilton, walnuts and softened butter in a small bowl and ¾ fill the apples with the mix, then add 1 tsp of honey to each. Fill with the remainder of the mix to the top. 

1. Place the apples on a sheet of foil within a tin tray.  Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes, or until the apples just start to split and puff up. Top with a whole walnut and drizzle over additional honey if required.

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