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Ordinary Apple Juice

A simple apple juice made by boiling apples with water, then draining the juice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Ordinary Apple Juice

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the apples

  1. Melt the apples and water together in a pot.

  2. Add the apple peels and cores to the mixture.

  3. Boil thoroughly, stirring with a large wooden spoon.

Strain and preserve

  1. Drain the mixture in a willow basket to separate the juice.

  2. Preserve the juice and pulp as described.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Apples
Provide the fruit that softens during cooking and releases the juice and pulp.
Water
Supplies the liquid that helps the apples soften and release their juice while boiling.
Apple peels and cores
Add extra pectin and apple aroma that are drawn out during boiling.

The step that matters

Boil thoroughly, stirring. Long boiling softens the fruit and draws out its juice. Thick mixtures can scorch on the bottom of the pot, so stirring keeps the mixture from sticking and burning.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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