CannyCat Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Hi! I have a dozen apples on my baby tree which desperately need picking (to my horror one small branch snappled last week, boo hiss). They are 'dessert' apples, but in reality they are just a little bit sharp for eating, and so I am at a loss of what to do with them! I am on a much-needed diet, so pies and crumbles are out ( Can anyone recommend a relatively easy long-life recipe? Something like jam or chutney or something...? (is apple sauce long life?) I have never made any preserves etc, so instructions for dummies much appreciated....... Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Ooooh, mrs, there are TONNES!! Most pickles and chutneys have sugar in but as they're not a main meal in themselves you're normally OK. Piccalilli has apple in, there's apple jelly, apple and mint jelly, apple and rosemary, I've just found a recipe for apple and raspberry cheese (never tried it). You could make apple brandy for Christmas, cider (if you're feeling clever!) apple sauce. I've been inundated with apples following a request for any gluts on Freecycle, you could always stew them with blackberries or on their own, if you add granulated sweetner instead of sugar you would lose the calories although I'm fairly sure you couldn't make jam like that. Mrs B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Do a google search for recipes cannycat. I don't have my recipe to hand, but have made a lovely apple and lavender jelly in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Slice them up and freeze them until you have done with your diet then enjoy apple puds over the winter. As mentioned before cooked down with some sweetener or some sultanas for sweetness they will make a healthy pud for you now you could even have a sneaky bit of lovely yoghurt with them Are they definately ripe? Because some dessert varieties don't ripen until October, if you lift them gently in your hand and they come away from the tree they are ripe if you have to use any force they are not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAJ Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Apple is the base for many savoury jellies to have with meat - add chopped mint or rosemary for lamb, lavender is great with chicken or ham and I always have loads of sage - apple jelly with sage is great with pork. We have a local orchard that sells boxes of mis-shapen/wrongly sized apples at £1 a box, so apple jelly is made a lot here. Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 just stew them in a tiny bit of water (NO sugar) if you want apple sauce and then freeze it. Simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CannyCat Posted September 6, 2008 Author Share Posted September 6, 2008 Cool!! Thanks guys! I hadn't even thought of apple and mint or rosemary - lamb is my favourite, so I think I will go for that! I dont think the apples are quite ripe, but I dont want to risk the tree's small banches - it only went in the ground last year, we really didnt expect to get so many apples from it! xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I've got an apple tree, it's been in nearly three years and the first year it went in we had MASSES of huge apples, so last year I had to thin the apples out as they developed to stop the branches breaking. It hasn't had so many this year but again, they are HUGE and really really tasty. (Mind you, I planted my placenta under it so it's had plenty of food for the last few years ) Mrs B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 ...(Mind you, I planted my placenta under it so it's had plenty of food for the last few years ) Mrs B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I bet that's doing the job MrsB We've been to collect a 2nd lot of crabbies from a friends tree, and also gathered wild apples from trees near us. I now have loads of large trugs in the shed filled with apples, and one load of crab apple and clove jelly straining through a muslin as we speak. Other projects with the apples when I have time are: Apple and elderflower jelly Apple and lavender jelly Apple and blackberry jam Apple and mint jelly I may just make some crumble too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 (Mind you, I planted my placenta under it so it's had plenty of food for the last few years ) You didn't fancy fricasseeing it Hugh Fearnley Thingummybob style? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 You didn't fancy fricasseeing it Hugh Fearnley Thingummybob style? Oooh, no, I did have to tell OH not to eat what was in the yellow bag at the bottom of the freezer for a couple of months til I got round to planting it When he realised what was in it he didn't need telling twice! Mrs b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 You didn't fancy fricasseeing it Hugh Fearnley Thingummybob style? Oooh, no, I did have to tell OH not to eat what was in the yellow bag at the bottom of the freezer for a couple of months til I got round to planting it When he realised what was in it he didn't need telling twice! Mrs b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
