Stewed Apples No. 1

Ingredients

• a dozen green tart apples
• a cupful of loaf sugar
• a pinch of mace
• a dozen whole cloves

Method

1. 1

   Core and slice the apples, put into a saucepan with just enough water to cover them, cover the saucepan closely, and stew until tender and clear.

2. 2

   Take them out, put them into a deep dish and cover.

3. 3

   Add to the juice in the saucepan the sugar and boil it half an hour, adding the mace and cloves just ten minutes before taking from the fire.

4. 4

   Pour scalding hot over the apples and set them in a cold place; eat ice cold with cream or boiled custard.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 237. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a dozen green tart apples, core and slice them, put into a sauce- pan with just enough water to cover them, cover the saucepan closely, and stew the apples until they are tender and clear ; then take them out, put them into a deep dish and cover them ; add to the juice in the sauce- pan a cupful of loaf sugar for every twelve apples, and boil it half an hour, adding to the syrup a pinch of mace and a dozen whole cloves just ten minutes before taking from the fire ; pour scalding hot over the apples and set them in a cold place ; eat ice cold with cream or boiled custard. STEWED APPLES No.

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