Apple Paste

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 liters dry apple cider
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 1/2 kg cooking apples, peeled, cored and chopped
• 600 -800 g caster sugar
• 1 lemon, juice of

Recipe

• 1 boil cider and cinanamon in a large saucepan and boil until reduced by a third.
• 2 add apples and simmer for about 45 minutes or until apples turn to mush.
• 3 remove cinnamon stick.
• 4 push apple through an sieve and measure amount of puree. allow 1 cup of sugar for every 2 cups of puree.
• 5 place puree and sugar in a pan, dissolve sugar over a lower heat and increase the heat when sugar is disolved.
• 6 once boiling stir continuously with a wooden spoon for about 25 minutes, or until the mixture is very thick, a rich gold colour and come away from the sides of the saucepan.
• 7 add and stir in the lemon juice.
• 8 spoon mixture into hot sterilized wide neck jars, and seal and store in a coold and dry place or i prefer to --.
• 9 line a 20cm cake tin with baking paper. spread the paste evenly to form a 2cm slab. leave to cool completely. invert onto a plate. leave for a day or two to dry. store in an airtight container.