Toast to the best of british produce with this decadent Bramley Apple cocktail from Mark Hix.
Bramley apples are not just for desserts, used like this they make a delicious pre dinner cocktail, or in fact you don’t have to wait for dinner they can be an anytime cocktail.
Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 6-7 mins
What You’ll Need:
- 2 Bramley apples, peeled and roughly chopped
- 3tbsp caster sugar or more depending on the apples
- 4 or 8 good measures of Somerset cider brandy
- the juice of 2 lemons
- 1 egg white
- ice cubes
What To Do:
1. Put the apples into a saucepan with the sugar and a cup of water, bring to the boil and cook on a low heat for about 6-7 minutes, until the apples get soft. Then strain through a fine-meshed sieve, pushing some of the apple through the sieve. The syrup should be quite sweet but still taste of apple, if it needs more, just dissolve some more caster sugar in the syrup.
2. To serve, put the cider brandy in a cocktail shaker with 8 tablespoons of the apple syrup, the lemon juice and the egg white, half fill it with ice cubes and shake well for a minute. Strain into glasses onto a few more ice cubes, or serve it straight into the glass with a straw.
For the ultimate apple pie recipe click here.