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From Pan-Pacific cook book (1915).

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A historical recipe

Pan-Pacific cook book, by L.L. (Linie Loyall) McLaren and Herndon, James B., Jr. fmo (1915).

France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. two tablespoons of brandy
  2. three large apples

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Hot oil. Never put water on an oil fire: turn off the heat and cover the pan with a lid or a damp tea towel. Pat food dry before it goes into hot oil, and lower it in gently, away from you.
  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Core, peel and slice three large apples and soak in two tablespoons of brandy and two of sugar for half an hour.
  2. Drain, dip each piece in peach or apricot jam, then in batter (No.
  3. 446), and fry in deep boiling fat.
  4. Drain, sprinkle with sugar and serve with any good sauce.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Colander
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Credit

From Pan-Pacific cook book (1915), printed page 123, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cu31924054982735

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.