Imagine the scene, it’s the end of Autumn, the harvest is in and the nights are drawing closer. Warm yourself with an intoxicating glass of Hot Apple Toddy.
Did you know that the worldwide production of apples in 2018 was 86 million tonnes, with China accounting for nearly half of the total?
The UK’s National Fruit Collection includes a collection of over 2,000 cultivars of apple tree in Kent and there are thought to be over 7,500 known varieties.
Ingredients:
- 50ml Calvados (or brandy)
- 20ml Lemon or lime juice
- 25ml Spiced Apple Winter Warmer Syrup
- 2tsp Demerara sugar
- Water to fill
Method:
- Put everything in your milk frother and then top the liquid level up to the max with water.
- Replace the lid and press start.
- Wait until your milk frother has finished and pour straight into your preheated glass.
- Decorate with a slice of apple.
- Enjoy your Hot Apple Toddy.
Mark’s Top Tip:– As a variation, try apple juice or even cider as the topping up liquid, you will have to adjust sugar quantities to suit. Sometimes the cider will fizz up for a couple of seconds, just keep your eye on it to make sure it doesn’t overflow. Another alternative would be to top up with lemonade and remove the lemon/lime juice. In this case, you can also remove the demerara sugar.