Tag: Hot Apple Drink

• Earlier this year I wrote about apple Kompot  –  a refreshing drink which can be served either hot or cold.
• Recently I made some apple soup, which as it was autumn I served warm.
• These recipes started me thinking and I made a variation on the kompot to be served warm.
• I used more spices.
• I used Bramley apples from the garden.
• The apples are cooked for longer in this version.
• I did not make this drink very sweet so people can add sugar to taste.

Ingredients

• 750g of Bramley apples (or other cooking apples)
• 1½ litres of water
• 1 small stick of cinnamon
• 8 cloves or allspice grains
• 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar

Method

• Put the water into a large saucepan.
• Add a small stick of cinnamon and the cloves or allspice.
• Peel and core the apples.
• Cut the apples into chunks
• Add the apples to the pan.
• Bring to boil.
• Simmer till the apples are nearly disintegrating.
• Add the sugar.
• Leave to cool slightly.
• *
• Remove the spices.
• Remove the larger pieces of apple.
• Purée the rest of the mixture.

Serve hot and let people add their own sugar to taste.

Sugar bowl with lid by Royal Doulton – Sonnet 1971 – 1998