A Spiced Apple Hot Toddy for a Foggy Night

I took a trip over to Taurus Crafts in Lydney as they have lots of local heritage apples for sale at the moment. The colours of the apples were beautiful and there was quite a wide variety to choose from. The aroma of crisp apples was absolutely mouth-watering.

In need of a warming drink on a cold foggy night, I made this spicy and fruity drink from the apples that I bought – it’s just lovely and the lemon provides a little bit of added zing.  

Ingredients

3 apples

½ lemon, juiced

2 cloves

1 slice of fresh ginger

1 star anise

1 stick of cinnamon to serve


Method

Juice the apples and mix in the juice of the lemon. Stir in the spices. Place in a double boiler on the stove and heat until finger hot.

Tip: If you are using a masticating juicer then you can warm this in the dehydrator at 115 degrees F for an hour instead of using the stove. Masticating juicers keep the juice at a higher quality for longer than  centrifugal juicers.