Swedish Apple Soup

INGREDIENTS:

450g/ 1 lb cooking apples

1 lemon

1,2 litres/ 2 pints water

50g/ 2oz sugar

15g/ 1/2oz arrowroot

little ground cinnamon

50g/ 2oz seedless raisins

1 Chop the apples into a small pieces, discarding the core and pips but do not peel as this gives additional flavour.

2 Place the apples in a pan. Pare the zest from lemon, add to the apples with most of the water and simmer to make a soft puree.

3 Rub the mixture through a sieve, removing the pieces of lemon rind. Return the puree to the saucepan with the sugar.

4 Blend the arrowroot with the remaining water, stir into the apple puree and continue stirring until the mixture thickens slightly.

5 Add the cinnamon and raisins to the hot mixture.

6 Leave the soup to cool and serve well chilled, add the lemon juice to taste.

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