Apple Ginger
6 lbs Cooking Apples
3 pints Water
6 lbs Sugar
2 oz Bruised Root Ginger in a Muslin Bag
1 Bottle Certo
4 oz Chopped Crystallised Ginger
1. Peel and core the apples, put the peel
and cores in a saucepan with
the
water, bring to the boil and boil for 10 minutes, crush and strain.
2. Slice the apples, place in a preserving
pan with the strained juice,
dangle
the ginger and simmer gently until the apples are tender.
3. To 4 lbs cooked apples, add the sugar
and heat slowly, stirring
occasionally
until the sugar has dissolved.
4. Add the crystallised ginger, bring to a
full rolling boil and boil rapidly
for
2 minutes.
5. Remove from the heat and stir in the
Certo.
6. Stir and skim alternatively for 5
minutes to cool and prevent floating
fruit.
7. Pot and cover in the usual way.