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Paste of Ver-juice Pate de Ver-jus

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France

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

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. Verjuice
  2. Cut
  3. a pound of sugar hot
  4. Apples
  5. Oranges

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Orange High in vitamin C · Source of folate

    High in vitamin C · 71 mg per 100 g, 89% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Source of folate · 30 µg per 100 g, 15% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Folate contributes to maternal tissue growth during pregnancy.
    • Folate contributes to normal amino acid synthesis.
    • Folate contributes to normal blood formation.
    5 more authorised claims
    • Folate contributes to normal homocysteine metabolism.
    • Folate contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Folate contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Folate contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Folate has a role in the process of cell division.

    Folate is a B-vitamin that is naturally present in many foods. Your body needs folate to make DNA and other genetic material. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Oranges, raw, with peel”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

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

  • 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. Take verjuice almost ripe, and let it break upon the fire, stirring it with a spatula ;
  2. add some pared apples cut in pieces ;
  3. the whole being mashed, put it through a close hair search in such a manner that there remains nothing but the skin and seeds ;
  4. put it upon the fire to dry until it has a consistence ;
  5. weigh it, and take as much sugar as fruit;
  6. bring the sugar to the souffle, and put in the fruit, stirring it constantly with a spatula, without quitting it;
  7. when the pate rises easily from the bottom, it is enough;
  8. put it into moulds or cases of paper;
  9. put it in the stove, strewing it with sifted sugar.
  10. Oranges in Sugar.
  11. Compote d' Oranges.
  12. Take four or six fine oranges ;
  13. take off the skin, and with the point of a knife take off all the threads ;
  14. have half a pound of sugar hot in a basin ;
  15. cut them into slices, and put them in the sugar;
  16. dress them in a compote dish, and serve with the syrup poured over.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Wooden spoon
  • Spatula
  • Sieve