Boiled Apples

Ingredients

• six large apples
• cold water to nearly cover

Method

1. 1

   Select rosy, sub-acid apples.

2. 2

   Wash, remove the blossom end, and all imperfections.

3. 3

   Put them in a sauce kettle with cold water to nearly cover.

4. 4

   Cover the kettle closely, and when those at the bottom are done, remove carefully with a spoon.

5. 5

   If too much liquor remains, boil it down and pour it over the fruit.

6. 6

   Cover and set in a cool place.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A practical cook and text book for general use (1896) by Ellen Goodell Smith, page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled Apples. Select rosy, sub-acid apples. Wash^ remove the blossom end, and all imperfections. Put them in a sauce kettle with cold water to nearly cover. Cover the kettle closely, and when those at the bottom are done, remove carefully with a spoon, and when all are done, take them out, and if too much liquor remains, boil it down, and then pour it over the fruit ; cover and set in FRUITS. 107 a cool place. Sweet apples may be cooked in the same way. Steamed Apples. Prepare either sweet or tart apples as in the preceding recipe, and fill an earthen plate or dish. Steam until soft, and serve cold with the juice. Baked Apples. Select sound, tart apples, and pre- pare them as for boiling. Put them in a deep earthen or granite ware dish with a small cup of water, and bake slowly, adding more water if necessary. When done, let them stand and partially cool, then remove to a fruit dish and serve cold. Baked Sweet Apples. Take sweet apples of uniform size, wash and remove blossom end and all imperfec- tions. Put them in a granite pan, or plates, with water to cover one-fourth of the apple ; bake slowly two or three hours, turn them over if necessary, and do not let them scorch. Barbecued Apples. The following recipe came as a clipping. The writer has not tested it, and the name seems quite out of the line of fruit cookery, but it must stand on its own merit. " Pare and core six large apples

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