Syrup

Appelstroop

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Appelstroop is the Dutch-Belgian apple (sometimes pear-blend) butter-thick syrup: dark, tart-sweet, spread on bread or pancakes like a fruit molasses. It is reduced juice, often with a little sugar, cooked until it stands on a spoon. Limburg and Brabant jars set the type. It is not pourable breakfast maple. Use it as a spread, in sauces for game, or a dab with cheese. A thin "apple syrup" from juice concentrate is not stroop.