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Apple Cookbook

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The Apple Cookbook

Apple Cookbook
RRP £5.99
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This is a cookbook to celebrate the versatility of one of our best loved fruits, the apple, which has been used in cooking for centuries.
Included are more than 180 delicious recipes - starters, supper dishes, salads, chutneys, jams and scrumptious tea-time treats. Puddings include fascinating variants on the traditional apple pie and crumble; apples are used in every kind of pudding from soufflé, ice cream, and rice pudding, to brulee, profiteroles and cheesecake.
The tea-time treats include breads, scones, muffins, cakes, flapjacks, shortbread and gingerbread - all popular with hungry children. The book ends with recipes for apple drinks and cider-making.
All recipes use wholesome, easy-to-find ingredients and are mostly quick and simple to prepare. They are down-to-earth, nutritious recipes for the family cook.  It is remarkable just how many uses there are for apples in home-making. 

SAMPLE RECIPES FROM THE APPLE COOKBOOK: 

APPLE AND CINNAMON SLICES

These slices have a flapjack like texture and are really quite delicious.  My children love them.

  • 125g, 5oz (1¼ cups) self-raising flour
  • 175g, 7oz (1¾ cups) brown sugar
  • 150g, 6oz (2½ cups) porridge oats
  • 175g, 7oz (1¾ cup) margarine, melted
  • 2 medium cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
Combine flour, oats, sugar and cinnamon. Then add melted margarine and mix thoroughly. Put half the mixture into a greased 27.5 x 17.5cm (11 x7in) baking tin and press down. Cover with sliced apples and then with the rest of the mixture. It may be quite difficult to spread this on top of the apples. Bake in the oven at gas mark, 4 180°C (350°F) for 25 minutes. Allow to cool before cutting into slices.

APPLE AND CUCUMBER RELISH

This simple relish goes well with ham and sausages. It is also delicious served with barbecued meats, especially pork. The combination of sugar and hot chilli gives it a wonderful sweet but tangy taste.

  • 1 cooking apple, cored and thinly sliced
  • ½ cucumber, diced
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 150 ml, ¼pt (half cup) white wine vinegar
  • ½ green chilli pepper, chopped finely
Put the sugar, vinegar and chilli pepper into a saucepan and heat gently until the sugar dissolves. Add the apple slices and bring to the boil. Boil for a couple of minutes, then add the diced cucumber and cook for 5 more minutes. Serve warm or cold.

APPLE AND AUBERGINE RATATOUILLE

This variation on a ratatouille goes well with pork. Serves 6
  • 1 large onion, peeled and sliced
  • 1 red pepper, seeded and sliced
  • 1 aubergine, halved and sliced
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 450g, 1lb cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
  • 1 large can of chopped tomatoes
  • 1 small courgette, sliced
  • salt and pepper
  • mixed herbs
Put the onion, pepper, aubergine, and apple in a large casserole with the olive oil and cook for 10 minutes with the lid on. Season with salt, pepper and a sprinkling of mixed herbs and add the tomatoes and courgette slices. Cover and cook for another 10 minutes and serve hot.

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