Spicy Apple Slices
Categories: DessertsServes: 6 Servings
Ingredients:
- Stephen Ceideburg
- 3 lg Apples, washed
- Juice from half a lemon
- 1/2 c Granulated sugar
- 1 tb Red hot candies (or 1/2
- -teaspoon ground cinnamon)
- 3/4 c Water
Instructions:
Core and slice the apples. Place apples in a medium bowl and pour the lemon
juice over them. Toss and set aside.
In a flat pan, combine sugar, candies and water. Bring to a boil over
medium-high heat. Stir until the sugar and candies dissolve. Add the apple
slices, a few at a time. Cook until tender, about 3 to 5 minutes, depending
on the thickness of the slices, then remove from the syrup. Continue this
process until you have poached all the apples. Cover and refrigerate the
apples until serving time, and discard the syrup or refrigerate for other
uses.
Serve the apples as a garnish or filling for low-fat cho- colate desserts.
Per serving: 51 calories (1 percent from protein, 97 percent from
carbohydrate, 2 percent from fat), less than 1 gram protein, 14 grams
carbohydrate, less than 1 gram fat, 0 cholesterol, 0 sodium. Exchanges: 1/2
fruit.
From the Oregonian's FOODday, 2/993.
Posted by Stephen Ceideburg
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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