Boozy baked apples with orange custard

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 150C/gas 2.

2. To make the orange powder, line a baking tray with baking parchment and cover with the orange zest. Bake for 2 or 3 hours until the zest has dried out.

3. Cool and grind finely in a spice grinder until a powder is formed. Put in an airtight jar to store.

4. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6. Mix together the raisins, whiskey, sugar, marmalade, orange juice and zest together in a bowl. Core the apples and stuff the raisin mixture into the apple cores.

5. Wrap the stuffed apples in foil and bake in a hot oven at for 20 minutes.

6. Meanwhile, to make the custard, heat the milk and vanilla pod in a heavy-based saucepan and slowly bring to the boil. Leave to infuse for 10 minutes and remove the vanilla pod.

7. Beat the yolks in a bowl with the caster sugar and pour the infused milk on to the egg yolks, stirring steadily. Mix well and return to the pan.

8. Stir constantly over a low heat until the mixture thickens. Just before serving, add a tablespoon of orange powder to the custard, mixing well.

9. Serve the apples hot from the oven and serve with the orange custard.