To Preserve Crab Apples or Lady Apples
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United States
Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
- Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.
Ingredients 3 ingredients
- a teacup of water
- Apples
- a pound of while sugar
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- 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
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- Take off the stem, and core them w^th a pen-knife, without cutting them open, weigh a pound of while sugar for each pound of pre[)are(l fruit, put a teacup of water to each pound of sugar, put it over a moderate fire, v/hen the sugar is all dissolved, and hot, put the apples in, let them boil gently until they are clear, then skim them out, and spread them on flat dishes.
- Boil the syrup until it is thick, put the syrup in whatever they are to be kept, and when the syrup is cooled and settled, pour it carefull}^ over tlie fruit.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan
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Chef's knife
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Slotted spoon