6 cooking apples
3 tablespoons brown sugar
75g (2 1/2oz) unsalted chilled butter
6 small cinnamon sticks
100g (3 1/2oz) sultanas or raisins
100g (3 1/2oz) pistachio nuts or pine nuts
200ml (7 fl oz)grappa

1. Preheat the oven to 175C / 350C / Gas 3.

2. Remove the cores from the apples using a corer or a sharp knife. Place the apples in an ovenproof dish.

3. Divide the butter into six sticks and push it into the core of the apples. Push a cinnamon stick into the middle of each one also and scatter with the nuts, sugar and raisins. Pour over the grappa.

4. Bake in the oven for around 30 – 35 minutes, basting the apples occasionally with the juices in the dish until they are soft when tested with a skewer. Serve and enjoy.