Millions and millions of apples

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What do I do?? Cooking apples mostly. The wind last night has brought a lot down and so I'm not sure how well they will store. This year's crop is bumper too.

Usually I do crumbles until it's coming out of everyone's ears. Or just stew them for breakfast but I don't think it's going to cut it this time. I like cooking so would love any recipe ideas!

Does anyone have a recipe for that dish that we used to eat in the 1980s and call apple fluff? Some combination of cooled stewed apple, cream and egg white and lemon zest. You fridge it and then it separates into a fluff layer on the top and a appley layer underneath. Eaten with a teeny dash of single cream on the top at my grandma’s.

Apple Snow ?

https://www.olivemagazine.com/recipes/family/apple-snow/

Thank you! That looks nice and I will try it out. But the recipe I am thinking of was definitely just whisked uncooked egg whites (can’t remember if it used any of tje yolks but I assume not).

This is kind of in the ballpark of what I am thinking of but the picture doesn’t show any separation into the two layers.
Looks more like what I would call an apple fool- maybe because it’s got more cream in the recipe holding it all together?

https://rivercottage.net/recipes/apple-snow/

Made Hedgerow Jelly on Weds, used a kilo of apples and a kilo of any fruit I could forage from the hedges. Used sloes, bullaces, damsons, hawthorn, rosehip and blackberries.

I’d love the recipe please!

1:1 ratio by mass of hedgerow fruits:crab/cooking apples (e.g. 700g fruit, 700g apples)

In a pan, just cover with water and bring to a boil. Simmer until everything is soft.

Strain in a jelly bag or muslin cloth, overnight. Don't squeeze the bag.

Measure the volume of the juice, and weigh out 3/4 the mass of sugar (e.g. 600ml juice, 450g sugar.

Heat up until boiling, then test the setting point after about 10 mins.

Pot into hot sterilised jars.

Thank you. Never quite sure where to get muslin cloths though!

Errrrrm.

I used mine from the kids 😬

Boil wash, rinse with boiling water before use.

Pillowcase works apparently!

Put them in a paper bag with a ripe banana or apple. They will normally ripen and soften in a few days from the ethylene gas.

Done it!

it was a great success and I will be doing it again.
Glad I held out for pecans, they really added something.

Oh, I’m glad you tried it. I think it’s a great recipe.

It was, thank you.
I nearly lost my nerve at the bit where you pour the sugary water on top of the batter, but it all made sense in the end.

Wow thank you so much! Made this recipe and it was a total winner!

Those of you freezing them how are you doing that?

I peel and core, and slice or halve, then put in freezer bags in roughly the quantity I would need for a crumble.

Make apple juice

Don't make the quantities of frozen apple too large or they take ages to defrost. You can even freeze them on flat trays and then bag them so they're loose

I am loving the idea of apple bricks!

Glad you like it @coxesorangepippin , with your excellently appropriate username! The recipe ideas are nice, but they never use enough apples (except for apple butter). The apple brick trick means that you've got an apple crumble ready to go all through winter - just leave the brick to defrost in the fridge in the oven dish overnight, then add crumble (or sponge mix) topping the following evening. Another advantage is that you can process apples as they fall from the tree - our tree drops about one brick's worth every day this time of year, so it doesn't feel like an insurmountable task. The bricks stack efficiently in the freezer, unlike oddly-shaped lumpy bags of apple bits.
My brother did apple bricks last year, but it went horribly wrong. He put bricks as they were processed in his in-law's freezer while they were away for a couple of months. One whole drawer full, excellent. He then discovered, two weeks too late, that the freezer had broken down... clearing up the ensuing mess was apparently not a fun task. 😫

Love these ideas. You’ve inspired me to prep and freeze some in silicone muffin tray then transfer to bag once solid, a good quantity to add to breakfast yoghurt or porridge without the commitment of a big bagful. Genius!

I shared these the other day they might be useful!

We've had probably our biggest crop of apples this year, so we saved our veg boxes to store them instead of giving them back to the veg man (which we will!)

DH got given an apple press at Cbristmas, and he's used a couple of boxes already. I think the yield is something like 1 box per litre.

We have at least 6 boxes left, and some that have still yet to fall from the tree.

I prepare my apples then put them in an IKEA freezer bag, squash it flat and freeze.
Its an efficient use of freezer space, quick to defrost and if you just want a small amount eg to put in yoghurt or porridge, you can break off a corner rather than having to defrost a whole tub/block.
Hope this helps someone. I first learned the idea of freezing flat in bags from a Mumsnet thread.