The Piquent scent of apple is permeating the house from the kitchen. Baskets of apples, walnuts, medlars & crabapples, the produce from our bumper harvest, cover the surfaces. It's hard to believe that this fruit began life in the spring when the trees were covered in clouds of five petal blossom. Plip, plip, plip; the clear claret syrup drips through the muslin in preparation for the delicacy 'crabapple jelly'. I must admit, the rolling boil to find the point where alchemy occurs is always stressful. The 'Bramley apples', Malus domestica, are being used for jars of Nigella's 'Spicy Apple Chutney', golden & fluffy ----- ummm Delicious!
