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Apple Sauce

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From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Apple Sauce

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash and wipe the apples before peeling.

  2. Use a silver-plated knife or clean ordinary knife to pare the apples.

  3. Cut out any imperfections and slice the apples into quarters or thinner.

  4. Place the sliced apples in an earthen or porcelain vessel.

  5. Pour boiling water over the apples and cover them.

  6. Boil slowly to preserve the aroma and achieve a delicate reddish tint.

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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