roselightfairy

For Christmas, my dad gave me one of my favorite presents: An Unexpected Cookbook: The Unofficial Book of Hobbit Cookery. It is so much fun, in aesthetic and in deliciousness, it's arranged in the seven hobbit meals, with different recipes divided between breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper. It's inspired by Tolkien's setting and British cooking, and a lot of the recipes interact with each other - recipes where you're encouraged to use the leftovers from a different recipe to make the second. So, for my three-day weekend, as a way of giving myself a little treat, I wanted to share a couple of the things I made.

Image of four apples in a pie plate, stuffed with a brown paste and resting in brown liquid, on a baking tray

Image of four apples in a pie plate, stuffed with a brown paste and resting in brown liquid, on a baking tray

Roasted apples, made last night using the brandy I bought to make an apple tart months ago and only used a tablespoon of. One of my few personal alcohol purchases, made solely for baking purposes, and I haven't touched it since - so it was fun to have something to use it for. These were so good, though I wish I'd done a better job coring them.

Then, this morning, I used the leftovers to make...

A corner of a counter with a bowl of butter and a jar of kitchen utensils. The main picture is a loaf of light brown bread on a blue plate, and a white hand holding a piece of the bread. The lower half of the bread is made of apples and raisins; the top half is slathered in butter.