Apple oil

Cooking time:

1 hour 40 minutes

Active time:

30 minutes

Complexity:

Average

According to historians, apple butter, or apple butter, was invented back in the Middle Ages in the Belgian province of Limburg. This thick and spicy, jam-like sauce can be smeared on bread and sweet pastries, added to cereals or cottage cheese, served with meat, sausages or aged cheeses.

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Recipe "Apple oil"

Ingredients

loose flesh apples

500g deseeded and peeled

brown sugar

120 g

apple juice

75 ml

butter

1 tbsp. l.

lemon juice to create balance

to taste

dried peel

1 orange

anisetree

1 asterisk

ground cloves

¼ tsp

cinnamon

1 tsp or half a stick

nutmeg

at the tip of a knife

Step 1/11

Remove the peel from the apples, remove the seed boxes and seeds. It should turn out 500-600 g of peeled fruits. Cut the apples into large chunks and fold into a heavy-based saucepan.

Step 2/11

Pour apple juice into a saucepan, add cinnamon and star anise.

Step 3/11

Place the pan over a low heat and cover. If necessary, in the cooking process, you can add more juice or water. Cook the apples for about 20 minutes until cooked through.

Step 4/11

Remove the cinnamon from the pot, if using a stick, and the star anise.

Step 5/11

Beat the apple mass with a blender until smooth.

Step 6/11

Grate orange zest on a grater.

Step 7/11

Add sugar, zest, ground cloves to the resulting mass and put cook "butter." First over medium heat, then reduce it. The total boiling time is about an hour, but it can be longer depending on the juiciness of the apples and the area of the bottom of the pan.

Step 8/11

During cooking, do not go far from the stove and periodically mix the oil. If you want to get a smoother and silky texture, you can beat the mass again with a blender.