Cooks’ book

NIGEL SLATER’S books — Real Cooking, Real Fast Food, The 30-minute Cook and Real Fast Puddings — have all been refreshed and will be published by Penguin next week.

From the delicious and nourishing recipes and suggestions in Real Food to the inspiring collection of quick, mouth-watering desserts in Real Fast Puddings, freshness, simplicity and flavour permeate throughout. Below is a recipe from Real Fast Puddings.

Croissants with hot apples and crème fraîche

Serves 2

30g/1oz butter

1 large dessert (eating) apple

2 tbsp caster sugar

2 large flaky croissants

3 tbsp crème fraîche

Melt the butter in shallow pan. Halve and core the apple and cut into about 10 segments. Cook the apple in the butter until tender, turning once to cook the other side, then add the sugar and cook over a high heat until the mixture caramelises.

Warm croissants under the grill. Split each one in half and sandwich together with crème fraîche and some of the hot apple slices.

Spoon over any remaining buttery sauce, and replace the top halves. Eat while still hot.