Preserved Apples Recipe

Preserved Apples Recipe

Ingredients:

Bellflower apples (ripe); pared and cored
Loaf sugar
Lemon rind
Lemon juice

Instructions:

Weigh apples: Every pound of fruit is equivalent to one pound sugar.

Place apples in stewpan filled w/ enough water to have apples covered. slowly boil them for 30 mins. Strain apples, allowing the water to mix w/ sugar in a kettle. Once sugar melts, bring to a boil adding in thinly sliced lemon rind (4 lemons for 12 apples).

Once syrup is thick and very clear, skim carefully. Add apples in. continue boiling, after 15 mins, add lemon juice. Boil for another 15 mins or ’til apples become clear & tender.

Once cooled, transfer into stone jars then tightly cover. Set for 7 days. After one week, boil again using same apple syrup.

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