Gillian Veal

Cambo Hot Spiced Apple Juice

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Café Cooking: From The Parlour to Cambo Gardens
Café Cooking

By Gillian Veal

Published 2024

  • About

There are rather a lot of heritage apple trees at Cambo so we do at least a couple of presses a year, then sell the juice straight or warmed up on cold days. The flavour varies depending on the apples you use, and sweetness can be adjusted to taste. Never use ground spices for this recipe – you need them whole.

Ingredients

  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • seeds from 1 cardamom pod
  • 1 star anise

Method

Add the cinnamon stick, cardamom seeds, star anise and cloves to a large, heavy-bottomed pot over a low heat, and toast them until they start to give off an aroma. Be careful not to let them burn.

Add the apple juice and ginger and heat until steaming hot but not boiling, then stir in honey or maple syrup to taste. Strain the juice into glasses, garnish with a piece of lemon peel and en