everywhere::apples

yup, the sour and wormy apples need to be taken care of. there has been more apple sauce apple pies, covered and uncovered and marmalade with all kinds of twists. apple with lemon peal, apple with italian plums, apple with cinnamon, apple with rum raisins and there will be more more.
yesterday was our community fest, we organized it in a some kind of open haus, with some workshops and stations with information, it was fun, we had just about 50 people come and visit.
and of course it's autumn, there must be spiced apple cider. the swiss folks don't really know of this, so i prepared a big batch and hoped for cool weather. the weather was rather cool, the scent in the house wonderful and people loved the spiced hot cider! yeah, thank you old new england for the wonderful recipe of spiced hot cider. with the cider was also lots of bread and cheese served, some folks were bringing tarts and cakes, so we all really enjoyed the food and company.




here my recipe for spiced hot cider, though it really doesn't matter that much just stick with the main ingredients and try with the rest...

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar/honey
• 1/2 teaspoon whole allspice
• 1 teaspoon whole cloves
• a few star anise, they look gorgeous and give it a wintry taste
  
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg, or a few cut pieces
  
• 1 large orange, quartered with peel, this time i didn't use orange (i forgot to buy)
  
• 1 gallon apple cider