Apple Ball Cocktail Recipe

Ingredients for Apple Ball Cocktail Recipe

• 8 choice apples
• 1 quart and 2 cups cold water
• Juice from 1 lemon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white grapes
• 1/3 cup maraschino cherries
• 3 tablespoons maraschino cherries juice
• Juice from 1/2 orange
• Crushed ice

Instructions

1. Remove inside of apples with a French ball cutter, putting balls in 2 cups cold water with lemon juice. Reserve tops of apples, cores, and small pieces for apple sauce.
2. Put apple shells in 1 quart cold water and add salt
3. Remove skins and seeds from grapes.
4. Remove apple balls from the water. Drain and mix with the grapes and cherries and fill apple shells.
5. Mix syrup from maraschino cherries with orange juice and put over the apple balls.
6. Serve apple shells in individual dishes or cocktail glasses surrounded with crushed ice.

Hints: Apple may be removed in small oval shapes with a coffee spoon, if a French ball cutter is not available. Grapes may be bought in cans if fresh grapes are not in market.