Aplets And Cotlets

Ingredients

50 gr gelatin
700 ml apple juice
270 gr granulated sugar
32 gr lemon
85 gr cornstarch
240 gr walnuts
200 gr powdered sugar

Instructions

Makes about 64 small cubes Soften the gelatin in half cup of the apple juice. Boil remaining juice with the sugar for 15 minutes to concentrate it. Mix the lemon and lime juice, and add all but quarter cup cornstarch to dissolve it in the mixture. Add both gelatin mixture and cornstarch mixture to the boiled juice and boil again rapidly for 10 minutes until very thick, stirring constantly. Taste for sweet and sour and add more lemon juice if wanted. Mix in the walnuts and pour mixture into a 9-by-9-by-2-inch baking pan that has been dipped in cold water. Let paste harden dozen hours or overnight, then cut with a sharp knife into squares. Mix together the reserved quarter cup cornstarch and powdered sugar. Remove squares with a spatula and roll each in the powdered sugar mixture (the cornstarch helps keep the sugar dry). I Hear America Cooking From the collection of Jim Vorheis