Apple compote with verbena

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 800 g, you will need:

• 1 1 kg apple
• 2 6 sprigs Verbena
• 3 50 g caster sugar
• 4 5 tablespoons water
• Total weight: 1,125 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
25 min.	20 min.	45 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Peel 1 kg apple, cut into quarters, remove core, then cut into small pieces.
  Pour 1/3 of the apples into the saucepan.
• 2: Place half the verbena on top.
• 3: Pour another third of the apples into the pan, and place the other half of the verbena on top.
• 4: Finish with the remaining apples, pour in 5 tablespoons water and 50 g caster sugar.
• 5: Place over low heat and cover.
• 6: From time to time, discover and stir the apples.
• 7: They will gradually stew and reduce.
• 8: When the apples are almost all stewed, remove and discard the sprigs of verbena.
• 9: Blend if you like a smooth compote.
• 10: Your apple-verbena compote is ready, and can now be put into jars.

Remarks

The quantities of sugar and verbena are only indicative, so feel free to adapt them to your taste.

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