Chris at Mele Cotte has announced her blog event Cooking To Combat Cancer III for 2009. I decided to make a little Mele Cotte for Mele Cotte.
When one is diagnosed with cancer there needs to be a balance between eating healthy and enjoying life. Currently my tastebuds are screwed from my latest chemo and everything tastes and feels as if I'm eating cardboard. Sometimes the food even smells like cooked cardboard. These Mele Cotte were delicious and were a welcome change from the cardboard taste of many foods.
I'm over halfway through my chemo programme and have already booked a "finished chemo" celebration night at Peppers Spicers Lodge Scenic Rim for my birthday in July. My tastebuds should have returned to normal by then and I intend to make the most of the food and wine on offer at Peppers.
There really isn't a recipe for Mele Cotte (Baked Apples). You just core some apples and stuff them with a mixture of dried fruit, nuts, a little brown sugar and a knob of butter. Place apples in dish with a half a cup of water and bake at 190C for around 40 - 60 minutes.
