What To Do With Apples?

Mint1955

There are 5 tired looking Granny Smith apples in the fruit bowl that no one will touch. Looking a little sad what can I do with them?

hilstep2000

Peel core and stew. Freeze and use for crumble or pie. Or Core them, cut a slit around the middle and fill the empty core hole with dried fruit, brown sugar and golden syrup. Cook in the microwave for acouple of minutes. Serve with custard. Delicious!

Mint1955

I thought I had to use cooking apples for these things wow thanks.

sillyinthepast

There is a recipe in the grocery thread list for all in one apple cake it's gorgeous x

Chris25

Granny Smiths are my favourite apple for juicing - although tart, they don't taste that way when juiced up

meg72

Mint1955 wrote: »

I thought I had to use cooking apples for these things wow thanks.

Granny smiths are lovely cooked prefer them to proper cooking apples.

zippychick

his thread has loads of ideas, we will merge this later


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3620


Zip

AnnieO1234

Definitely think about juicing, or slice up and put in cold (ice cold water) for twenty minutes or so before eating as normal.

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Nargleblast

Slice them into a saucepan, add a tablespoonful of sugar, one of water and a little bit of butter. Heat on stove till apples are mushy then pass through a sieve. Result - apple butter, which you keep in a jar in the fridge. Good spread on toast, added to cream, custard, ice cream or yoghourt, or used as a sponge cake filling.

skogar

You can use eating apples for many things you would use cooking apples for - pies, crumbles etc. You'll find that you don't need to add sugar to the fruit in pies and crumbles like you do with cooking apples. I'd go for crumble - virtually foolproof and a lot less fuss than making pastry.

Mind you someone mentioned baked apples - I think I've always used eating apples for these - haven't had any for ages - good stuffed with left over mincemeat, or brown sugar, dried fruit and cinnamon with a bit of butter. When I was a student we used to do a version which was wrapped in puff pastry and baked in the oven. My favourite was when it was bramble season and we used to core the apples and stuff them with blackberries and wrap them in puff pastry.

Now where's the custard......