American Cuisine
Ingredient:
- 4 Red Apples, peeled, cored and grated.
- 1 cup of
water.
-2 cups of sugar.
- Orange, the zest and the juice.
- ½ cup of chopped almonds.
-1 cup
of unsweetened coconut flakes.
-1 tsp
ground cinnamon.
Directions:
- In a 2 quart saucepan
bring together the water and the sugar and bring to a boil.
- Cook for a minute
longer and add in the grated apples.
- Mix in the orange
zest, orange juice and the chopped nuts.
- Continue to cook over
medium heat until the syrup has been absorbed by the apple mixture. This might
take around 20 minutes.
- Remove from the heat
and let the mixture cool down a bit before putting it in the fridge for about
30 minutes.
- In the meantime, mix
together the coconut and cinnamon, and put in a shallow dish.
- Pinch off a bit of the
apple mixture and shape into balls by rolling between the palms of your hands,
you can use powder-free vinyl or latex gloves.
- Put the apple bites
into the coconut mixture and roll around until coated.
- Place all the apple
bites into a plastic container, cover, and allow setting in the freezer for 2
hours, or putting them in the refrigerator overnight.