Two kinds of love apples

AUTHOR
Melissa Olsen
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 1
COOK TIME
40 mins
TOTAL TIME
40 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 8
  • 8 small sour apples
  • 1 kg Sugar
  • 2 TEASPOONS Wine Vinegar
  • 1 TEASPOON red food colouring
  • 1 TEASPOON green food coloring
  • 8 wooden skewers
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sugar

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash apples thoroughly and rub dry. Remove the stalks and stick the wooden skewers deep into the base. Bring 150 ml water, 500 g sugar and 1 teaspoon vinegar to the boil in two pots.

  2. 2

    Add red or green food colouring and cook for about 6 minutes until bubbly. (If you have a sugar thermometer, wait until 155 °C is reached.) Pull the pots off the stove. Dip 4 apples one after the other into each pot and turn them until they are completely covered with syrup.

  3. 3

    Place on a tray sprinkled with sugar and allow to cool.

Categories & Tags

MiscellaneousexoticChristmas