Mini-ovenproof dish, rectangular Gratinated Bio Topaz winter apples

• Peel the apples and rub in a little lemon juice.

Vanilla sauce:

• Stir in the starch with some cold milk. Bring the remaining milk and the lengthways halved vanilla pods and the sugar to the boil. Stir in the mixed starch with a whisk and bring to the boil. Remove the pan from the stovetop and stir in the cream and egg yolk mixture.
  Gratinate mixture:
• Mix all ingredients together.
  To finish off:
• Halve the apples, add to a soufflé dish and pour the gratinated mixture over the top.
  
• Bake the dishes at 200 °C in the oven for about 20 minutes. For the last 5 minutes turn the oven up to its top heat.