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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