Name: Spiced apple polenta bites
Prep time: 25 minutes
Cook time: 16-20 minutes
Yield: 25
Ingredients: 300ml boiling water; 20g sugar; 8 stevia tablets; 1 heaped tsp ground ginger; 1 heaped tsp ground cinnamon; half level tsp ground cloves; 40g raisins; 15g candied peel; 100g instant polenta; 1 unpeeled apple, cored and grated; 1 egg, beaten; 50ml rapeseed oil; half tsp baking powder; mini paper/foil baking cases; 3 glacé cherries, 6 blanched almonds and 1 tsp pine nuts, to garnish

These polenta bites are an ideal sweet treat for buffets and party snacking.

Serves

Prep

25 minutes

Cook

16-20 minutes

Each 31g serving contains (excludes serving suggestion)

KCal

Carbs

6.3g

Fibre

0.4g

Protein

0.9g

Fat

2.3g

Saturates

0.2g

Sugars

2.9g

Salt

0.04g

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Ingredients

300ml boiling water

20g sugar

8 stevia tablets

1 heaped tsp ground ginger

1 heaped tsp ground cinnamon

half level tsp ground cloves

40g raisins

15g candied peel

100g instant polenta

1 unpeeled apple, cored and grated

1 egg, beaten

50ml rapeseed oil

half tsp baking powder

mini paper/foil baking cases

3 glacé cherries, 6 blanched almonds and 1 tsp pine nuts, to garnish

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Method

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas 4.

Step 2

Add the water to a pan, along with the sugar, stevia, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, raisins and candied peel. Stir and bring to boiling point, stirring until the sugar has dissolved.

Step 3

Gradually stir in the polenta and keep stirring for 4–5 minutes until it has thickened, then remove from the heat.

Step 4

In a bowl, mix the apple, egg, oil and baking powder together, then vigorously stir into the polenta.

Step 5

Spoon into 25 cases and arrange on a baking sheet. Top each with either half a glacé cherry, an almond or a few pine nuts.

Step 6

Place in the oven and bake for 16–20 minutes until lightly browned on top.

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Spiced apple polenta bites

Ingredients