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Warm Spiced Apple Drink

September 14, 2018 by The Gourmet Lens Leave a Comment

There are so many reasons to love autumn and I can sum up my favourite autumnal feelings in just one photograph: warm spiced apple drink, autumnal spices, freshly picked apples, berries, crisp autumn leaves, apple rose tarts, clove oranges and beautiful autumn flowers. With autumn we are assured of one thing: crisp fallen leaves, bright autumn colours, the smell of mouth-watering spices emulating from the kitchen and an excuse for us home makers to stay inside and create!

The Gourmet Lens Spiced Apple Drink

Memories

My recipe for hot spiced apple drink has all the flavours of hot apple pie (without the pastry!) and reminds me of picking apples from the tree in our garden in Guernsey, one of my many childhood locations while I was growing up. My mum and I would then go and make apple pie, one of her favourites. This drink may taste like apple pie but it also goes very well with apple pie! It’s a perfect drink to offer the kids on a cool autumn night and can even be spiced up for the adults with a spot of Captain Morgan’s spiced rum, if you please

Health Benefits

Whether you prefer eating apples as part of your favourite dessert, on its own as a snack or in a drink there are plenty of reasons health-wise to include them in your diet. Apples are antioxidant and high in fibre, vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. The high level of pectin helps lower cholesterol and aids healthy digestion. So maybe your mother was right in saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away!

The Gourmet Lens Spiced Apple Drink

Apple Varieties

Apples are perfect at this time of year. I am lucky to be able to nip over to my favourite farmer’s market every Thursday to buy freshly picked apples from our local orchard or steal some from my aunt’s orchard, but you may be even luckier to grow your own. Try and use organic apples if you are juicing them yourself or at least buy some organic fresh apple juice. My favourite apple for this recipe is the gala variety as it is sweet, perfect for juicing and for baking. Other good varieties for this recipe are golden delicious, fuji, red delicious, honey crisp and pink lady. The braeburn is still a good choice although a little blander than other varieties. Great Irish varieties to grow for juicing are Jonagold, Tipperary Pippin, and Katy.

The Gourmet Lens Spiced Apple Drink

Make It

To make this recipe wash the apples thoroughly in clean drinking water. Slice them in half and remove the pips then press them in your juicer with a small slice of peeled lemon. This keeps the juice from turning brown. Place this in a heavy bottomed saucepan. Add the honey and lightly warm to dissolve the honey. If you like a tart drink then there is no need to add honey, however, when warmed the apple juice doesn’t taste as sweet as it does cold so you can add extra honey afterwards to taste. Turn off the heat and add the spices. Bring this apple and spice mix slowly to just under boiling then simmer on a very low heat for 15 minutes. Leave for another 15 minutes to let the spices permeate throughout. Serve warm in heat-proof glasses with a cinnamon stick and a slice of apple. A delicious addition is a sprinkling of pomegranate seeds. It adds a delicate flavour to the apple and a little crunch at the end

A perfect end to a perfect autumn day.

The Gourmet Lens Spiced Apple Drink

 

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