Spiced Apple Slices

• 3lb/1.5 kg eating apples
• 1lb/450

Peel and core the apples, and slice them thickly. Put the sugar, vinegar, salt and water in a pan with the cinnamon and cloves tied into a piece of muslin suspended in the pan. Stir over low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Drop in the apple slices and cook gently until the fruit is tender but not broken. Lift out the apple slices with a perforated spoon and put into hot preserving jars. Bri