We are nearly at the end of our apple supply from last autumn. Some varieties keep better than others, and the last remaining box seem to have the ability to keep their youthful glow. No shrivelled up, wrinkly ones, or fusty minging ones in this box. They look the same as when they were picked last autumn.
And they are great for doing baked apples with. Simple coring, then adding raisins, butter, sugar and a pinch of cinnamon before going in the oven. Served with some cream, and it is one satisfying dessert.
This last box should last us for the next month. We will then be appleless until the autumn. But we still have heaps of potatoes. Which is not quite the same as apples, but both can be baked; just think I’ll leave the sugar and raisins away from the potatoes though.
Birchwood Croft, Inverness-shire 