This recipe for compote of apples can be used as a stand alone dessert or it can be used as a topping. Compote of apples can also be served at breakfast with pancakes or French toast.
Ingredients:6 fresh apples - I used McIntosh
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup water
zest of 1/2 lemon
juice of 1/2 lemon
pinch nutmeg
pinch of cinnamon
Preparation:- Peel the apples and cut out their cores.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, add the water, 3 of the apples, and the sugar. Cook for 1 minute.
- Add the lemon zest and lemon juice.
- When the apples are blanched, remove the apples and leave the remaining syrup in the saucepan. Reduce the heat to medium low.
- Add the remaining apples to the saucepan and cook them down to a jelly.
- Pour the jelly over the apples and top with pinches of nutmeg and cinnamon.
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