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Apple Kissel

A healthy all-time beverage.
Prep Time6 hours
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time7 hours
Course: Breakfast, Drinks
Cuisine: Russian
Keyword: Apple, Beverage
Servings: 4
Calories: 421kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 kilogram Apple
  • 115 grams Sugar
  • 1/2 Lime
  • 2 tablespoons Potato flour
  • 900 ml Water
  • 1 pinch Nutmeg

Instructions

  • Core and peel apples. Slice them and stew in water until soft.
    1 kilogram Apple
  • Pass apple through sieve and put into a saucepan with the juice of half a lime, a little grated nutmeg and peel of half lemon.
    1 kilogram Apple, 1/2 Lime, 1 pinch Nutmeg
  • Blend flour, with a little water, add to apple puree.
    2 tablespoons Potato flour, 900 ml Water
  • Bring to a boil and simmer for five minutes, stirring constantly.
  • Remove lemon peel; pour kissel into a wet mould and leave to cool.
  • Serve chilled with Ginger Snap.

Notes

Optionally, little ginger ale can be added for punch.
Kissel can be served either hot or cold, also together with sweetened quark or semolina pudding. Kissel can also be served on pancakes or with ice cream. If the kissel is made using less thickening starch, it can be drunk — this is common in Poland, Rusia and Ukraine.