Cameo jeweled apples - better than boring apple sauce! - Cameo Apples

Ingredients

• 100g cooked chestnuts, roughly chopped*
• 50g dried or fresh cranberries
• 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
• 2cm root ginger, grated*
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 75g bread
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
• 6 Cameo apples
• 6 star anise*
• sea salt and black pepper