Stewed Apples

Compote de Pommes

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By The Times Picayune Publishing Company

Published 1901

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Ingredients

  • 6 Apples, Large and Firm
  • Sugar to Taste
  • The Zest of Half an Orange
  • A Blade of Mace

Method

Pare the apples, and cut into quarters or semiquarters, removing the cores and seeds. Add half a cup of water. Put them into an agate or a porcelain-lined saucepan, and strew generously with sugar. Let them simmer gently for half an hour. Then add the zest of half an orange, grated, and the ground spic