BAKED FRUIT PUDDING

4 dried figs

2 tbsp orange juice

100 g unsalted butter melted

Approximately 18 bread slices

500 g cooking apples

150 g sugar

2 pears, peeled, cored and roughly chopped

2 peaches, peeled and slice

2 plums chopped

75 g raisins

2 pieces stem ginger in syrup chopped

Grated rind of 1 orange

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp mixed spice

Pre-heat the oven to 180/Gas4

Chop the dried figs and soak in the orange juice for about 15 minutes

Trim the crusts off 4-5 bread slices, halve them, then cut off the top with a round cutter to form curved-ended wedges

Arrange the wedges in the base of a generously buttered pudding basin and press down

Trim the crusts from the rest of the bread slices and use to line the side of the basin, overlapping the slices to ensure there are no gaps in the bread layer; brush the bread with the melted butter

Peel, core and roughly chop the apples and cook with the pears and the figs with the juice, in the sugar until tender; add the peaches, plums, raisins, stem ginger, orange rind, cinnamon and mixed spices and cook for another 5 minutes; place the fruit in the mould

Butter about 6 more bread triangles on one side and place on top of the fruit, buttered-side down; brush with more butter and bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour until golden; unmould and serve

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