If you haven't any cooking apples you can replace them with eating apples and leave out the sugar used to sprinkle over them in step 3.
1 Preheat the oven to 170°C/fan 150°C/gas mark 3
2 Put the syrup, brown sugar and margarine into a saucepan and place over a low heat until the margarine has melted. Stir to mix together and leave to cool slightly while you prepare the apples.
3 Peel, core and slice the apples and place in an ovenproof dish. Sprinkle over the sugar.
4 Sieve the GF flour, bicarbonate of soda and ginger into a mixing bowl and make a well in the centre.
5 Beat the egg and the milk together. Now gradually mix together with the dry ingredients.
6 Now add the liquid ingredients from the saucepan and mix well to form a smooth batter.
7 Spoon the ginger mixture over the apples. Place the dish on a baking sheet. Bake in the centre of the oven for an hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the pudding comes out clean.
8 Serve warm with ice-cream or custard.
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