Compote of Apples

Ingredients

• Apples, for a compote
• stewed in the syrup
• A little lemon-juice may be put with them

Method

1. 1

   Pare, cut into halves, and core the apples.

2. 2

   Stew them in syrup until tender.

3. 3

   Optionally, add lemon juice for flavor.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A year's cookery (1880) by Phillis Browne, page 258. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Apples, for a compote ; materials for a Salad (March 13th) ; Tomatoes for breakfast on Monday. Breakfast. — Eggs on the Dish (December 7tli) ; Bath Chap (August 25th); Teacakes (February 14th); Plum Porridge (AugustSlst). Luncheon. — Babbit Gateau, made of the remnants of the rabbit pie (July 9th). If there is enough of it, the pie will be excellent served cold. Suet Dumpling, with Jam (May 13th). Dinner. — Croute au Pot (May 25th). Stewed Chicken, with Tomatoes and, Mushrooms. — Draw the chicken, and cut it into neat pieces-. Take a good-sized saucepan and melt a good slice of sweet butter in it. Throw in an onion finely minced and the red part of a carrot scraped, and stir over the fire for three minutes. Put in the pieces of chicken, season them with salt and pepper, and fry them in the butter, moving them occasionally to keep them from sticking to the pan. When lightly browned pour upon them a pint and a half of stock (made from the rabbit bones), add four moderate¬ sized tomatoes cut into halves, and a table-spoonful of corn-flour mixed to a smooth paste with a little cold water. Stir the sauce till it boils, draw it back, and let it simmer gently for half an hour. Clean the mushrooms and cut them into thin slices ; add a table- spoonful of coarsely chopped parsley, and simmer again for a quarter of an hour. Put the pieces of chicken on a hot dish, pour the sauce over, garnish with fried bread, and serve. Potato Snow (April 7th); Cabbage (June 4th) ; Cheese (June 8th). 326 A YEAR'S COOKERY. Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Preserve one mushroom from those that are stewed with the chicken for the sole an gratin to-morrow. 2. Soak a large cupful of hominy in cold water all night. 3. Make a compote of apples for supper to-morrow night (August 5th). Apples should be pared, cut into halves, and cored, before being stewed in the syrup. A little lemon-juice may be put with them

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.