The tastiest apple sauce of all? You can make it yourself in ten minutes! Even tastier is home-made apple sauce that is still warm. Or warm apple compote with small pieces of apple in it. With this basic recipe, you can make the tastiest applesauce that makes everyone extremely happy. It will be a real treat!
Making applesauce from Dutch apples
From September onwards, it is party time again, because that is when the apples fall from the trees in the Netherlands. Perhaps you have a nice apple tree in your garden or you go apple-picking every year at an orchard near you. Before you know it, you will be drowning in apples. And then? Well, then you start making delicious applesauce out of them! Nothing beats home-made applesauce made from Dutch apples. And did you know that applesauce is also a is a very convenient substitute for egg for particularly sweet dishes? In short, you can never make too much applesauce.
Storage fruit
Did you know that apples are storage fruit? That means that they are harvested in September and October and can be sold for weeks and even months afterwards, if stored properly. Now you know why you sometimes find Dutch apples on the shelves far beyond the harvest period in October. Want to know more about this, then check our article on fresh fruit and vegetables. Be careful though, because you also regularly find apples from faraway countries on the shelves, such as Chile. These apples have come a long way and are therefore a lot less sustainable than that Dutch apple.
Basically, you can from each apple mash, but there are differences. Not every apple is equally suitable. The tastiest applesauce is made with fresh-sour apples that are not too hard, such as Jonagold, Elstar or Goudreinet.
Storage tip for apples
If you have a lot of apples at home after the harvest, the storage tip is to put them on a towel separate from each other, cool and dry. Make sure the apples cannot touch each other. This way, you can store apples at home for many weeks without having to make applesauce for an orphanage straight away.
Making applesauce in three steps. One storage tip is to vacuum. This keeps food fresh for much longer. We wrote one review on Airtender, the kitchen gadget I used to do this.
Applesauce recipe
Kitchenware
- pan with lid
- apple corer
- peeler
- knife
- preserving jar with lid or storage box
Ingredients
- 4-5 apples
- 100 ml water
- cinnamon
- optional: 1 to 3 tablespoons of sugar
Instructions
- Peel the apples, remove the core and cut the apples into pieces.
- Put the piece of apple and the water in a pan.
- Bring the apples to the boil with a lid on the pan. Cook the apples until soft in 5-10 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and let it cool slightly.
- If you want chunky apple sauce, mash the apple with a fork, there will still be some small pieces of apple to taste. If you want a smooth applesauce, use a hand blender.
- Store the applesauce in a sealed preserving jar or storage box in the fridge (about 4 to 5 days) or in the freezer (up to 3 months).
- Delicious to eat warm!
More sweet tips from thegreenlist.nl
- One of the tastiest desserts and vegan too: sticky rice mango!
- Also a tasty snack are these dates!
- Want to learn more about seasonal vegetables? We have listed them for you here!
