Chapter 239

Yeah, there’s still a little bit of time before the bedtime, so let’s make simmered apples.

「Well then, I will make simmered apples next」

Understanding that there’s a continuation, Head Chef was all smiles. N, no… don’t be so delighted, I’m only simmering apples, okay??

I peel the apples, extract the cores, and cut them into thin slices.I also chop other apples nearly finely to prepare them for grating. This is for the jam one.

I put the differently cut apples into separate pans, add honey and salt, and mix it with a citrus juice that is similar to a lemon.

I will put in the cinnamon powder midway.The fragrance of cinnamon is where the fondness divides, but I’m in the fond faction. The adults will be eating it this time, so it should be fine.

Whoops, I almost forgot to put the skins of the apples inside.It will turn nicely pink when simmered together with the skins, and starting with the polyphenol, they are rich in nutrients.Although you could slice the apples with the skin on, you can add the skins alter if you don’t like their texture.It feels nice using them without hesitation since they are pesticide-free.

For the simmered apples, you slowly simmer them until they become transparent and you are done. If the flames are too strong, all the liquid will disappear and you will end up burning it, so don’t take your eyes off of it.

As for the bubbling jam, you mix it with a wooden spatula not to burn it.Head Chef and Shin replaced me and took turns stirring… it’s not something you need to be replaced for though…I was bored in the meanwhile, so I tried to make apple tea from the remaining skin and cores.

The three of us drank the apple tea while stirring the wooden spatula.

「Ohh… this is the fragrance of apples, but refreshing, isn’t it? To make something like this from the skins and cores we normally throw away…」「… Really. It’s the usual black tea, but to change this impressively…」

Both seem to be impressed with the apple tea.

「How about another helping?」「「I will have some」」

I made a fresh apple tea.This time, together with a cinnamon stick.

「…! This is? I want to say that both the flavor and fragrance are different from before…!?」「I put in a cinnamon stick. It has an amusing taste, right?」「Cinammon… inserting a medicine into a tea? Ahh, it warms up the body, doesn’t it…」

Medicine… ah, I feel like the merchant I bought it from handled the cinnamon as medicinal plants.Indeed, it warms up the body just as, no even more than ginger.

「You can use cinnamon to make sweets too. Moreover, I put in something powdery too, right?」「Ah… was the powder made out of this?」「Cinammon is an acquired taste, but I’m someone who likes the taste of it」「Is that so! I will remember that」

Head Chef laughed cheerfully.

「Yeah, it should be fine already」

With this, the apple jam is finished.

I was declined to help with the cleaning, so I left it to the two and left the kitchen.