4 lbs apples about 7 to 10 apples, depending on the size, peeled, cored, and quartered*, use apples varieties that are good for cooking such as Granny Smith, Pippin, Gravenstein, Mcintosh, Fugi, Jonathan, Jonagold, or Golden Delicious
4 strips lemon peel  , use a vegetable peeler to strip 4 lengths, zest only, not the pith