Untested - Chaucer's Roast Apples

Food in England, Dorothy Hartley, p 416

1 cup galangal/galingale root, fresh, diced

1 cup honey

2 cups water

__ apples, peeled

Coarse sugar

1. Start by making a simple syrup with the galangal - put the root in the water and honey, bring the mixture to a boil, remove from heat and let steep for an hour.
2. Heat oven to 325F (bake gently). Arrange apples tightly in a __ x __ glass baking dish - the apples should come level with the top of the dish. Pour the simple syrup over the apples (strain out the galangal or leave it in?).
3. Bake for about an hour (?) or until the apples have become soft. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
4. Sprinkle with crystallized sugar and serve.
5. "They should look like frosted pink roses, in a syrup the colour of rose quartz."