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An unusual supper dish with a crispy topping finished with buttered apple slices. Serves 4.
Ingredients
12 oz cooked chicken, diced
5 oz orange pippin apples
4 oz butter
½ pint white sauce
4 oz grated cheddar cheese
4 tablespoons toasted white breadcrumbs
Salt and black pepper
Method
Set oven to 400 Fahrenheit or mark six.
Butter a shallow oven proof dish.
Peel, core, and slice four of the apples and fry them gently in the butter.
Arrange the chicken pieces at the bottom of the dish and arrange the apple slices on top.
Make half a pint of white sauce.
Mix 3 ounces of cheese into the white sauce and pour over the apples; season.
Mix the bread crumbs with the remaining 1 ounce of cheese and sprinkle over the sauce.
Core the one remaining apple cut into rings unpeeled and toss in the leftover apple butter.
Arrange neatly on top of the dish.
Bake for 20 to 30 minutes until crisp and golden.
Courtesy of “Favourite Farmhouse Recipes”, compiled by Carole Gregory and published by J. Salmon Ltd.