Book Tour – Receipe For Great Aunt Edie’s Famous Apple Sauce By Alexandra Brown

[amazon_link id=”0007597428″ target=”_blank” ][/amazon_link]Today on the book tour for Alexandra Brown’s new book, ‘The Secret of Orchard Cottage’ , I learnt how to make Great Aunt Edie’s Famous Apple Sauce, the perfect accompaniment to any dessert. I served it with rice.

The story of ‘The Secret of Orchard Cottage’ is –

April Summers is wondering what to do next – her life has been turned upside down after the loss of her husband so she’s hoping to piece herself together again with a visit to her elderly great aunt, Edith. Arriving in the rural idyll of Tindledale, she’s dismayed to find Edith’s cottage and the orchard behind it in a sorry state of disrepair. Edith seems to have lost interest completely, instead she’s become desperate to find out what happened to her sister, Winnie, who disappeared during WWII.

April gets to work immediately, discovering that the orchard still delivers a bumper crop each year, and with the help of some of the villagers – including Matt, the enigmatic Blacksmith – begins to unravel the mystery of the missing Winnie. Slowly, April can feel things coming to life again – but can Orchard Cottage work its magic on her too?

Now, to make Great Aunt Edie’s Famous Apple Sauce, you need the following ingredients:

Makes
8–10 portions

Ingredients
• 225g cooking apples, peeled, cored and chopped
• 2 tbsp water
• 15g butter
• Zest of half a lemon
• 1 tsp caster sugar

Method
• Put the apples in a saucepan with the lemon zest and water.
• Cover and cook over a low heat until they are soft and mushy.
• Take off the heat and beat in the butter and the sugar.
• Cool.

You can buy [amazon_link id=”0007597428″ target=”_blank” ]The Secret of Orchard Cottage from Amazon [/amazon_link] and is available to buy from good bookshops.