Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Stuff to do with apples!


We have a LOT of cooking apples right now. So, here's some things to make with them:

Eve’s Pudding

1 ¼ lb. Apples
2 oz. Sugar
1/8 pint of water
3 oz. Butter/margarine
3 oz. Sugar
2 eggs
4 oz. Self-raising flour
1. Heat oven to 190°C
2. Peel core and slice apples. Put in a dish with water and sugar and bake for 10 minutes.
3. Cream butter, sugar and eggs and stir in flour.
4. Spread over hot apples and return to oven for 35 minutes.

And if you have any berries that need using up:

Granny’s seedless Blackberry and Apple Jam

2lb. blackberries
1lb. apples
½ pint water
Sugar

Method: Stew blackberries in water until tender. Strain into a sieve. Keep the liquid and discard the pulp. Peel and core the apples. Cut up and place in a large saucepan with the blackberry juice. Boil until the apples are tender and break up. Cool for a little while and measure amount.
Place clean jam jars into a moderate oven to warm. Add 1 lb. of sugar to every pint of blackberry and apple mixture. Stir over gentle heat until the sugar dissolves, then boil rapidly for 15 minutes. Leave to cool for a bit, then pour into warm jam jars before it sets.
Store in a cool dark place. Refrigerate each jar once opened.

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