Apple Hedgehog

• 6 eating apples
• 2 pounds cooking apples
• ½ pound

Choose eating apples of medium size. Peel and core them, leaving them whole. Combine granulated sugar with water and grated lemon rind in a saucepan. Bring this to a boil and simmer apples in it gently until they are tender but not broken. Lift them out and drain them. Slice cooking apples and cook them in the same syrup until reduced to a thick pulp. Arrange the whole apples in a pyramid on a