Apparently there was a very bad apple crop this year due to the wet spring and a decline in Bee numbers. I know I didn't get any Damsons from Simone's tree this year as only a third of the tree pollinated.
We seem to have bucked the trend though as I had bags and bags of apples.
I made an Apple & Ginger cake every other day for nearly 6 weeks. I made it so often even my children started to say no to cake. I made jam and chutney that I have posted about before but still I had a glut of apples. My neighbours started walking faster everytime they saw me approach with a bag as they had all been given at least 2 bags each. I searched the internet for mince meat recipes but all the ones I found used 1 or 2 apples and I had tons!
Eventually I found an Apple Brandy Recipe on an American web site and decided to give it a go
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Apple-Brandy
Basically you make a sugar syrup, pour it into sterilised bottles, add the peeled cooking apples, cloves and a cinnamon stick them top up with Brandy. Put it in a cool, dark place and give it a shake every couple of days then after a week (I left mine for a month) bottle it up.
Easy....
...And it was!
It also tasted delicious which was a bonus so I bottled it with the self seal bottles from Lakeland and gave it out as Christmas presents.
I only used a litre of Brandy. Next time I will buy 3 litres and make a huge batch.
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