Cumberland Apple Sauce

This sauce – nothing to do with the Duke of Cumberland this time – is a classic accompaniment to the famous Cumberland sausage. It also eats very well with just about any sausage, ham or terrine, plus roast pork, goose, chops and poultry; you can also use it as a dressing for simple vegetarian salads or as an accompaniment to savoury tarts. The spicy flavour and the lemon juice lift the apples, giving a sweet but sharp zing. I’m using Bramleys here, a