Gache Melee

Date: 19 March 2010 15:39:34

As we have people coming to stay this weekend I decided to do a little bit of baking and I made a Gache Melee (not quite sure how to do the little circumflexy things!)

Gache melee (pronounced gosh may-la) is a Guernsey dish and it is basically apple suet cake. It is truly delicious and can be eaten hot with ice-cream or cold on it's own. I love it, even though it isn't exactly healthy! So, here's the recipe... not all that accurate though but these are the instructions I got from Mum several years ago!

5oz self-raising flour
2oz suet
3oz sugar
1lb cooking apples
1 egg
a bit of nutmeg (a teaspoon or so I guess!)
a bit of milk
a pinch of salt (although I forgot to put this in this time!)

Chop up the apples into smallish pieces and put into a bowl.
Whisk the egg. Add egg, suet, sugar, flour, salt and nutmeg to the apples.
Add a little milk and mix together. I am not sure how much milk I put in... just enough to bind it all together but not enough so it is soggy!

Put in a moderate oven for 1 - 1 1/2 hours.

Serve up and eat! I have to admit that these aren't exactly magnificent photographs... but why waste time taking pics when you want to eat it!! Yummy!! I have to admit that I usually make double quantities because otherwise it is just not enough!