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Boiled Apple Sauce

A simple sauce made by simmering peeled apples with water until soft.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Boiled Apple Sauce

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the apples in a close-shutting saucepan.

  2. Add 1 tablespoon of water.

  3. Simmer over low heat for 30 to 60 minutes until the apples are well broken.

  4. Serve warm.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Apples
Break down into soft pulp that forms the sauce's body and texture.
Water
Creates steam in the covered pan so the apples soften evenly without scorching.

The step that matters

Simmer over low heat in a covered pan. Low, covered heat lets the apples soften slowly in their own moisture. High heat or an open pan can scorch the bottom before the fruit breaks down.

“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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