Ingredients for 1 portion:

1 eating apple
1 scone
1oz butter
1 fl oz rum
1 oz brown sugar
1 fl oz whipping cream
Pinch of cinnamon

Method:

Melt the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat. Cut the scone in half and lightly fry until golden brown on both sides (this will be a crouton for the Apples).
Remove the scone and using the same pan add sliced quarters of your apple. Cook them until they just start to turn soft at the edges, then you need to work quickly.

Add the sugar to the pan and stir gently. Take care not to burn the sugar at this stage but heat it enough to dissolve. Next add the rum to remove the flavours in the sediment of the pan and then the cream. Bring the sauce to the boil and serve immediately. Place the apples on the scone, with sauce drizzled all around with the other half of the scone on top.

This recipe is one I made at Stroud Farmers Market and is quick and easy to produce.

The butterscotch sauce is truly sexy and if you can’t be bothered to make anything else then at least have a go at the sauce, believe me it will be worth it!!