How to Cope with a Glut of Apples

I have a slight glut of apples which is particularly edifying when one considers that I don’t have an apple tree! I do however have a generous friend. The apples she’s given me are Bramleys; lovely cooking apples with the useful advantage of being self-puréeing, so an obvious thing to do with too many is make …

Apple Sauce

This is so easy I don’t think it can actually be called a recipe.

~  Peel and slice Bramley apples.

~  Taste a bit and then sweeten with as much sugar as you see fit. If you’ve no idea then add just a little and adjust with more sugar when the apples are cooked!

~  Put into a large pan with a tablespoon of water. This helps them get started but that’s all you need; too much and the sauce will be runny.

~  Put over a medium heat, cover and cook, stirring every few minutes till you have apple sauce! Taste and stir more sugar as necessary. 

If you have made loads freeze some, it freezes really well and ice cubes are a good idea so that you can thaw just what you need, or add a cube or two to soups and sauces.  Or here are some more ideas for leftover or too much apple sauce ...

15 Ideas for “leftover” Apple Sauce 

1.   Freeze as ice lollies!

3.   Stir into pork gravy or add to pork braises or stews.

4.   Fold into mashed potato to serve with ham, pork or  bacon.

5.   Add to pumpkin or other squash soups – delicious!

6.   Spread into bacon, ham or pork sarnies.

7.   Spread on the toast before the cheese when making  Cheese on Toast.

8.   Mix into mayonnaise – this makes a great dressing for  coleslaw.

9.   Add to braised red cabbage.

10. Make little apple tarts or turnovers with leftover pastry scraps.

11.  Use instead of jam to fill a Vicky Sponge, scones and  similar.

12.  Make an Apple Crumble, Cobbler or Sponge - recipes  here.

13.  Apple Crumble Sundae – layer up apple sauce and  leftover crumble (or Apple Crumble) with ice cream.

14.  Stir into yogurt or porridge for breakfast.

15.  Dollop into rice pudding

16.  “They do say” that fat in baked goods can be replaced  by apple sauce but I’ve not tried it myself. There is  plenty of info on the web though so have yourself a  look!

Pin for Future Reference!

Non-Bramley Type Apples

There are, of course, a lot of these around now as well so I’d just like to mention a lovely recipe I posted earlier.

Devonshire Apple Dappy

When I posted this I had the most visits to my blog ever and was very confused. Read here for the Apple Dappy recipe and here for a surprising (to me at least) explanation of its popularity. 

And this which I don’t think I've mentioned here before and which my sister and I concocted years and years ago when we were baby chefs …

Cornish Apple Cribbly

This is a superb way of using up leftover bread and apples at the same time. 

~  Peel and dice an apple and toss with sugar to coat.

~  Have ready about the same quantity of similarly diced stale or leftover bread (and in this case white bread is probably best).

~  Melt a knob of butter and cook the sugary apple in it till it is softening and browning and oozing lovely caramelly juices.

~  Use a slotted to spoon to remove the apple from the pan and set aside.

~  Add the diced bread to the pan and cook till the juices have been absorbed and the bread is turning crisp and golden.

~  Return the apple, toss all together and serve immediately with ice cream or cream, preferably of the clotted persuasion.

Several of these ideas are included in my book, Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers.  If these are just some of the suggestions I can think of for Bramley apples don't you wonder what ideas I have for the other 450 potential leftovers?

Great preview here.

A couple of Reviews of Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers ...

“Helps you create tasty loveliness from almost every possible leftover foodstuff you could think of (and possibly some that you couldn't....)”

 

“Cookery books are really very boring, but this one definitely isn't!”  

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