Apple Purée

Apple Purée
Apple purée is a great way to use left over apples and easy to make.  It is great with crepes or rösti and ... saves wasting food.
Serves 4 and needs approx. 25 minutes to prepare.

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of left over apples
  • 1 unwaxed (if possible organic) lemon
  • 1 cinommon stick
  • 4 table spoons of sugar
  • 5 table spoons of water

1.
Peel, quarter and core apples. Cut apple quarters into 2 cm pieces. Wash the lemon and thinly peel a large piece of lemon peel. Squeeze out the juice and mix with the apples.

2.
Bring five tablespoons of water, lemon zest, cinnamon, sugar and apples to a boil in a saucepan and cover and simmer for 15 minutes on a gentle heat.

3.
Remove the lemon peel and cinnamon. Puree the apples with a blender or mash them with a fork.

Preserved in a jar it can be used for around a year when stored in the dark.

Keep fresh apple purée covered in the refrigerator and eat within 2 days.

You can also freeze apple purée.
Pour the cooled apple purée into portions in a container, spread it flat, close and freeze. Defrost completly before use and do not reheat. Do not keep it longer than 3 month in the freezer.

Source: essen-und-trinken.de - Apfelmus