Apple ‘Spoon’ Preserves (Mylo Tou Koutaliou)

Preserved oregon candied fruits called “spoon sweets” are the archetypal happening served successful Greek Jewish homes erstwhile idiosyncratic comes to visit, particularly connected holidays specified arsenic Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish caller year. In summation to apple, which is traditionally eaten then, the sweets are made from orangish oregon grapefruit peel, sour cherries oregon quince, depending connected what's successful season.

In immoderate different parts of the erstwhile Ottoman Empire, including Turkey, Jews besides broke the Yom Kippur accelerated with these sweets, which get their sanction from being served from a crockery connected a tray with idiosyncratic spoons, on with glasses of water.

Using a mates of tart apples on with the citrus counterbalances the sweetness.

To work the accompanying story, see: For this Greek immigrant, Jewish New Year brings backmost saccharine memories — and foods — of home.

The preserves tin beryllium kept refrigerated successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 1 week.

Adapted by Susan Barocas, from Paulette Nehama of Bethesda.

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

• Calories

  35

• Carbohydrates

  8 g

• Sugar

  8 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted by Susan Barocas, from Paulette Nehama of Bethesda.

Tested by Susan Barocas.