Apple compote

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 2 kg apples for cooking, windfall fruit is also suitable
• ½ liter apple juice, unsweetened
• 250 g brown sugar
• 1 tbsp cardamom, ground
• 1 tsp, levelled cinnamon, ground
• 1 tsp, levelled lemon zest, freshly grated
• 1 pinch of salt

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 40 minutes

with cardamom

Roughly chop the apples and slowly bring to a boil in a saucepan with the apple juice. The puree will thicken slightly, so stir frequently. Cook until the apples are soft. Strain the puree through a sieve. Pour the puree into a clean saucepan. Cook the apple puree with the sugar and spices over low heat until the puree thickens. This should take 30-40 minutes. Then pour the hot apple compote into clean jars and seal them. The jars should create a vacuum when they cool; you can tell this is happening when the lid shrinks slightly. If you’re not familiar with cardamom, you might want to use only a small amount of the spice.