2 tablespoons butter

1 granny smith apple -- peeled

--cored and cut into 1/2 inch dice 1/2 cup apple cider

1/2 recipe blueprint for veal stew

4 kirby cucumbers -- seeded and diced

--into 3/4 inch cross pieces 1/4 cup cream -- optional

Saute apple in butter until almost tender. Add the apple cider and reduce until almost entirely absorbed by the apples. Add the veal stew and cream and bring to a simmer. Set the cucumbers on the top, cover and steam for a minute or so just to heat through. Adjust the seasoning.

Busted by Gail Shermeyer <4paws@netrax.net> on Jul 12, 97