Ideas for Cooking apples

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  • DrPepper000
    DrPepper000 Posts: 48 Member
    Apple butter in the slow cooker and then freeze

    http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/All-Day-Apple-Butter/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=apple butter&e8=Quick Search&event10=1&e7=Home Page
  • RBrigzy
    RBrigzy Posts: 152 Member
    So many great ideas now to try out!

    Here is an update on the Chicken & Apple Hotpot - sorry for the delay..

    I found that I did not need as much stock as I imagined - as quite allot of juice appeared from the apples.
    I had to cook a while longer to reduce off some of the juice - concentrating the flavors though ..

    I added a bread crumb topping then baked for a further 20 mins.

    I also made sweet potato chips (an idea from another recent thread) & baked marrow slices.

    Pic of result with breadcrumb topping - not very exciting!:
    breadcrumbtopping.jpg

    Making the chips - not as exciting as eating them !
    SweetPotatoChips.jpg

    The dish was wonderful - although chicken & apple perhaps not traditional - is tasted fab - it put this down to :

    ->Cider vinegar - giving a great alcoholic aroma!
    ->Cooking relatively slowly for 2.5 hours at lower temp.

    Now to try out some more of these ideas and report back!!

    :)
  • RBrigzy
    RBrigzy Posts: 152 Member
    Chutney!

    Here's my favourite recipe:

    1kg ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped
    200g onions
    100g raisins or sultanas
    250g apples cored and chopped small
    300g brown sugar
    225 ml malt vinegar
    2 tsp salt
    1/2 tsp ground allspice
    1/2 tsp ground ginger
    1/2 tsp ground black pepper
    1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

    Chuck the lot in a big saucepan or jam pan, heat it to dissolve the sugar then boil for 1hr or longer if necessary, till it's thick and pulpy - it ought to leave a clear trail at least for a second, when you draw a spoon across the bottom of the pan.

    Pot it in sterilised jam pots (I put mine upside down in the oven on a low heat while the chutney's boiling).

    This makes a couple of pounds of chutney - I usually prepare more jars than I think I'll need.

    This one's spicy and a bit red. You can google apple chutney recipes for variations.

    Then you can eat your apples with cheese or cold meat all year round!Or you can save money on Christmas presents - I cut circles of Christmas wrapping paper, and tie round the tops, with a little bell and a label. :smile:
    I love chutney & have quite allot of tomatoes coming ripe too - so I have to try this.
    Do you think I could get away with using quite allot less sugar and allot more apples?
    Whether the apples natural sugars will have the same preserving effect as the ingredients sugar I am not sure.
    I just have lots apples - so if can pack em in then all is good!

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