Too many apples!

[marmaladeandpeanutbutter]

What can I do with apples, apart from juice, if I don't have time to peel, core and slice them by the bucket full. Nice flavour, hard dessert apples, some of them a bit on the small side. For example, can I make purée with some without removing the cores, by sieving later?

I am trying not to eat much sugar at all, so cakes are out.

Thank you!

Some apple butter recipes aren't cored or peeled as the pectin helps it set. The apples are cooked to a puree and then sieved. This recipe has photos of the process.

https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/apple_butter/

It's quite sugary so probably not what you're looking for but you could maybe just do the first part to get puree.

Although I suspect sieving may end up just as time intensive as coring and peeling

I used to make apple sauce/puree or whatever you wish to call it, basically stewed apples and freeze, I too got sick of peeling and figured sure I'll sieve it! It's actually more hassle than peeling them so now I peel and core first.

I use one of those apple corer and slicer things like this
https://www.lakeland.co.uk/14411/oxo-good-grips-apple-divider?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5tS884qAggMVhJ93Ch3LdwfoEAQYAyABEgJzN_D_BwE

It really speeds up processing time so slicing and freezing apples is much quicker. I peel the apples first but with a good peeler that’s quick too. I agree that sieving would prob take longer

I had 750kg of them last year. 🙄

I sliced and froze enough for our own use.

Made apple & ginger jam
Swapped a trailer load for 5kg of sausages & pork chops with a local rare breeds farmer
Put a tub of them by the front gate for the neighbours, until someone stole the tub 😀
Made & froze 10ltrs juice
Called the local WI who sent a man with trailer, and took the remainder away to make chutney.

I am working my way through a huge bowl of them. I have a small mandolin slicer thing and I cut them thinly on that and stack the slices into a sandwich with crunch peanut butter, its amazing! Or with cheese. It has been my lunch every day this week.

You want one of the linked peeler/corer/slicer gadgets. Our apple tree produces masses of eating apples and an hour with this gadget peels, cores and slices them. I then put them in a (very) large pot of boiling water until they reduce, then straight into hot sterilised old jam jars. The jar lids 'pop' meaning that the softened apple inside will keep for a very long time. I don't add sugar - they keep well in the sealed jars without it.

Great for adding to pork recipes, for crumbles/pies, topping for Greek yoghurt, with oats, as apple sauce on a roast, etc. Make nice Christmas (or anytime) gifts.

Also look up recipes for apple jelly. Essentially just roughly chop the apples as they are (peel, core, pips, everything) and put them in a pot with water (or you can add cartons of apple juice). Boil it down for a while, then strain the results through a muslin overnight. What drips out gets boiled down with sugar and put into hot sterilised jars. Makes fantastic, clear apple jelly which is great with roasts, cheeses, sliced meats and on toast like jam. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Peeler-Slicer-Cutter-Litchen-Machine/dp/B01FAQ5LXO/ref=sr_1_5?crid=30DEVO0PPIXAC&keywords=apple+corer+and+slicer+and+peeler&qid=1697658828&sprefix=apple+corer%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-5

We have made trays of these apple crisps to put in jars
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/apple-crisps

... and we have made some jars of this spiced apple jelly for Christmas
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/winter-spice-jelly

https://www.amazon.co.uk/food-mill/s?k=food+mill

You need this.

You don't need to peel or core apples, but I do suggest quartering.

Makes really nice smooth apple sauce

Thank you so much everybody. I absolutely love a gadget so that's been as interesting as the recipe suggestions. That oxo core and slice thing is a revelation!

I've eaten them all week too. I had pumpkin stuffed with walnuts, apple, chilli and Parmesan yesterday and today.

If I was buying any gadget for apples and I have been tempted I'd buy the yoke for peeling them, you can get manual like this one or electric varieties. I have the one above, picked up in IKEA years ago but it's the peeling I don't like!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ARSUK%C2%AE-Peeler-Vegetable-Peeling-Machine/dp/B00CAYG0T4/ref=asc_df_B00CAYG0T4/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=231935824989&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8113568723867579282&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007876&hvtargid=pla-421484045429&th=1

Just on here to copy these recipes for later