{"id":7221,"slug":"apple-compote","title":"APPLE COMPOTE","description":"From The International Jewish Cook Book by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum.","ingredients_raw":["six apples (Greenings, Baldwins or Bellflowers)","a cup of water","a cup of white wine","half a cup of white sugar","peel of half a lemon","juice of half a lemon"],"ingredients_norm":["apple","water","white wine","white sugar","peel of half lemon","juice of half lemon"],"steps":["Take six apples (Greenings, Baldwins or Bellflowers), pare, quarter, core and lay them in cold water as soon as pared.","Then take the parings and seeds, put in a dish with a cup of water and a cup of white wine, and boil for about fifteen minutes.","Strain through a fine sieve, then put on to boil again, and add half a cup of white sugar and the peel of half a lemon.","Put in the apples and let them stew for fifteen minutes longer.","When the apples are tender, take up each piece carefully with a silver spoon and lay on a platter to cool.","Let the syrup boil down to about half the quantity you had after removing the apples, and add to it the juice of half a lemon.","Lay your apples in a fruit dish, pyramid shape, pour the syrup over them, serve."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12350","source_ref":"pg:12350:w47:11","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"0523d269ad074b821363e0a5b3f14f6f144aa08ae81276d42aa0bda90cf534a4","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:58:36Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe, reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/apple-compote"}