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Sweet Cider Pie

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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. six tablespoonfuls of arrowroot
  2. one tablespoonful of lemon juice
  3. a teaspoonful of ground cinnamon
  4. Nutmeg
  5. a cup of sugar
  6. one pint of sweet cider
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Lemon juice High in vitamin C

    High in vitamin C · 39 mg per 100 g, 48% 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

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemon juice, raw”, 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.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
  • 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.
  • Blending hot liquid. Let it cool a little first, fill the blender no more than a third, and hold the lid down with a folded towel. Start on the lowest speed. A stick blender in the pan is safer.

Method

  1. Mix three-fourths a cup of sugar with one-half a teaspoonful of ground cinnamon or nutmeg, and six tablespoonfuls of arrowroot, until the whole is thoroughly blended.
  2. Put on to heat, in an agate saucepan, one pint of sweet cider, and when hot, but not boiling, add the sugar mixture all at once, and stir vigorously until the whole is very thick.
  3. Remove from fire;
  4. add one tablespoonful of lemon juice, and pour into a pie-plate, lined with a thin, light crust.
  5. Arrange strips of pastry, basket-wise, over the top, and let bake until the crust is brown.
  6. Or the pie may be left open-faced, and covered with a meringue after baking.
  7. Do not serve until cold.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Blender
  • Wooden spoon