After reading an old farmhouse recipe book #I decided to treat myself to a nice baked Bramley, stufed with chopped dried apricot and brown sugar and basted with sherry, however not having any sherry I used West Country Mead, what a difference, I shall folloow up by trying mead to sweeten cooked fruit more often
Looks like I'll have to restock, only 3 bottles left!
sadly not readily available here in Aus. Bill.
I've not tried the West country version but Lindisfarne Mead is pretty good stuff . You do have to watch the tide if you nip across to buy some othewise it could be a long shopping trip. http://www.lindisfarne-mead.co.uk/ (http://www.lindisfarne-mead.co.uk/)
My wife is from Newcastle, and there are two things it's important to bring back on trips - Lindisfarne Mead and Stotties.
Moniack Mead for me, darker and sweeter :pint:
Paul
Quote from: EtchedPixels on December 04, 2013, 10:32:10 PM
My wife is from Newcastle, and there are two things it's important to bring back on trips - Lindisfarne Mead and Stotties.
Actually three - the wife 8)
Quote from: EtchedPixels on December 05, 2013, 12:21:33 AM
Quote from: EtchedPixels on December 04, 2013, 10:32:10 PM
My wife is from Newcastle, and there are two things it's important to bring back on trips - Lindisfarne Mead and Stotties.
Actually three - the wife 8)
:laughabovepost: :thumbsup:
Mead..... Drink of the Vikings :beers:
How much do you hollow out of the apple? Just core it or really gouge out the insides to fit more boozy fruit in?
I've got a corer that takes out a chunk about an inch in diameter, I usually give that a good twisting to make the hole a bit bigger round,but not by too much, I also try and stop before I reach the bottom cos otherwise the fruit/sugar/mead mix falls out!
Quote from: d-a-n on December 06, 2013, 06:20:14 PM
How much do you hollow out of the apple? Just core it or really gouge out the insides to fit more boozy fruit in?
Vertical drill ?
Quote from: ozzie Bill. on December 04, 2013, 08:57:59 PM
sadly not readily available here in Aus. Bill.
West Country mead may be but mead available all over.
For example: http://danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_25490/maxwell-honey-mead (http://danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_25490/maxwell-honey-mead)
Thanks Ninoz, but I find a lot of the mead available here to be artificially sweet. Maybe the bees are healthier and stronger! :). Cheers, Bill.