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Tomatoes (Love Apples) in Sugar

4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g ripe tomatoes
• 375 g fine sugar
• 1 pcs ginger, finger-long piece, cut into small pieces

Instructions

1. Pour boiling water over the tomatoes, clarify the sugar, and place the tomatoes with the ginger into the boiling sugar syrup.
2. Immediately remove from heat, turn the tomatoes in the sugar syrup, and after 5 minutes, place them on a shallow dish with a slotted spoon.
3. After cooling, place them back into the heated sugar and repeat this process three times.
4. Then, place the fruits into a glass, reduce the juice slightly, and pour it over the fruits while boiling.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.