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APPLE BEIGNETS WITH CARAMEL SAUCE
Preparation time 10 mins plus 1 hour proving
Cooking time 15 mins
Makes 8
4 Granny Smith apples, peeled
2½ cups milk, warm but not hot
2 sachets (14g) instant dry yeast
¼ cup caster sugar
2 free-range eggs
2 free-range egg yolks
2¾ cups plain flour, sifted
Vegetable oil, for deep-frying
1 cup brown sugar
125g unsalted butter
½ cup cream
2 tsp natural vanilla extract
Large pinch sea-salt flakes
Icing sugar, to dust
Vanilla ice-cream, to serve
Cut each apple in half, remove the core, then trim the rounded ends to make them more even. (Reserve