A simple, rustic dish made with Poland’s favourite fruit, the apple. This cinnamon-apple bake was popular during Communist times – when the queues for food were miles long – as the only ingredient that the Polish people never ran out of were apples. This is perhaps why the Polish apple is looked on with such a sense of national pride.
Any tart apple, such as a cooking apple, works well in this recipe. The best rice to use is soft and sticky pudding rice, although risotto rice is a good substitute. The idea is to have thick layers of juicy, sweet apples and thin layers of rice in between.