808. Compote of Apples

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (5)
compote
syrup
Instructions (8)
  1. Procure six nice ripe apples, but not too large, which peel, cut in halves, and cut out the cores.
  2. Rub each piece over with a little lemon.
  3. Put them into boiling syrup made as last directed, but with the juice of a lemon, and the rind cut into small fillets added.
  4. Let the apple stew until tender, but not broken.
  5. Drain them upon a sieve.
  6. Reduce the syrup.
  7. When both are cold, dress the apple neatly upon your dish, and pour the syrup over.
  8. A little green angelique, cut in various shapes, will make a pretty ornament on any white compote.
Original Text · last edited 12 days ago
808. Compote of Apples.—Procure six nice ripe apples, but not too large, which peel, cut in halves, and cut out the cores, rub each piece over with a little lemon, and put them into boiling syrup made as last directed, but with the juice of a lemon, and the rind cut into small fillets added; let the apple stew until tender, but not broken, when drain them upon a sieve, reduce the syrup; and when both are cold, dress the apple neatly upon your dish, and pour the syrup over. A little green angelique, cut in various shapes, will make a pretty ornament on any white compote.
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