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So many apples!

33 replies

justbrowsing · 30/08/2021 17:03

We have 2 apple trees in our garden and this is our first year here. There are so many apples that we just don't know what to do with them all! Any ideas welcome! I can prob cook 1 pie a week and maybe we can eat a dozen a week between us but that still leaves an awful lot. We can't put them in the green wheelie bin. Have ordered a compost bin but again can't really put them all in there either. Any ideas for using up apples welcome.... I have one eating and I e cooking apple tree!

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MadMadMadamMim · 30/08/2021 17:18

Peel, slice and freeze? You can get them out of the freezer throughout the year for apple sauce, pies, crumbles, etc. Make chutney?

Justbetweenus · 30/08/2021 17:22

I cook them, freeze batches in ziplock freezer bags, and have Greek yoghurt with apple and honey for breakfast all through winter. Or occasionally use a bag to make a crumble etc.

Justbetweenus · 30/08/2021 17:24

This is also delish - but only uses 2-3 apples so not the way to get rid of a mountain! www.maryberry.co.uk/recipes/baking/the-very-best-apple-dessert-cake

elephantoverthehill · 30/08/2021 17:27

Cider.

picklemewalnuts · 30/08/2021 17:30
  1. Peel, quarter, core and freeze.
  1. Spiced apple jelly. This is great for when you're sick to the back teeth of doing 1. or if the apples are a bit battered. No need to prepare or core, just chop 'em, chuck 'em in and cook 'em down.
tomorrowisanother · 30/08/2021 17:35

You could use Nextdoor and olio apps to offer them to your neighbours.

Fennellathewitch · 30/08/2021 17:36

I've put a box outside the house with some bagged up and a sign 'free please help yourself'. I never seem to find the time to deal with them and then they are passed it. Think neighbours are avoiding me in case I force more fruit on them Smile

EmmaStone · 30/08/2021 19:24

You are me last year 😁. Last year I made lots of chutney, still got a few jars left, and it's nearly time to start all over again...

So, this year, I've peeled, cubed and frozen a lot, made a lot of compote (with garden rhubarb - we have a lot of that too...), quite a few crumbles. And the trees don't look as though they've been touched 😂. I bought a small apple storer yesterday, and last year we tried to keep a lot in the fridge, they kept really well. We're about to buy a fridge freezer for the garage to keep as much produce as we can!

This French apple cake is excellent and easy: www.recipewinners.com/french-apple-cake/

This apple pie filling is lush (I just used to eat as it is with yoghurt or ice cream): www.spendwithpennies.com/quick-stovetop-apple-pie-filling/

MrsSkylerWhite · 30/08/2021 19:28

Peel, core, part cook and freeze. Fresh apple tarts, pies, sauce, pork casserole with cider and apples or just pulp on ice cream are just lovely in the depths of winter.

pandora206 · 30/08/2021 20:15

Undamaged apples will keep for a few months (depending on variety) if stored correctly in a cool place.

You can make sauce, pies, etc. and freeze, make fresh apple juice or turn it into cider. They can also be dried in a dehydrator.

sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/cook-with-apples/

EmmaStone · 30/08/2021 20:50

And this Apple strudel is very doable and very impressive!

Original poster
justbrowsing · 31/08/2021 06:18

Amazing. Thanks for the advice.

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Tumbleweed101 · 31/08/2021 06:47

The birds will eat any you can't use or store. I ended up with a lot of windfall apples last year and piled them up but didn't get to sort them. The black birds and thrushes ate them through the winter. Was none by spring.

MereDintofPandiculation · 31/08/2021 08:23

Apples are a standard base for herb jellies, eg mint, for eating with meat or cheese.

Drop them into casseroles, chillies, spag bol etc. You can lose a lot that way.

Easiest way to get rid of a lot is to juice them.

Don’t pick them until they’re ripe and part from tree easily. The later they ripen, the longer they’re likely to last in storage. Ones that are ripe now will last only a couple of weeks, some of the varieties that have to be picked in October or November before the first frost will last till March

MereDintofPandiculation · 31/08/2021 08:25

Apple froth, beaten egg white, sugar, stewed peeled apples, is lovely. Years since I’ve made it.

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MereDintofPandiculation · 31/08/2021 08:32

You can bake several together, just plain or stuffed with dried fruit or mincemeat. Good hot, but also good cold.

When we have a glut of apples, we’ll have them chopped on cereal in the morning, with cheese at lunch, chopped into whatever I’m cooking for tea, and perhaps a cold baked apple or stewed apple and blackberry with yogurt for pudding. I have 8 trees.

Mintjulia · 31/08/2021 08:34

I have half a tonne of apples last year Grin

Core, slice and freeze
Make pickle or chutney, jam etc
Slice them and dry in a low oven, then pack them in jars with a little honey.
Find a local apple press and have them bottle them as pasteurised apple juice
Pile them in a box by your front gate. They'll disappear in minutes.
Call the local WI and offer them for chutney making.
Offer them to your local zoo or anyone with livestock.

YawningAngel · 31/08/2021 08:38

Um...cider? Run them all though a juicer and then put the results in demijohns. Apples have a natural yeast on them, so that's literally it. Leave until the bubble lock stops bubbling.

TheSpottedZebra · 31/08/2021 16:45

You might have a local cider maker that is looking for apples.
Or some places do a juicing day where you can take your apples to be... juiced.

We have a pig sanctuary (yes!) near us and they come to collect the fallen apples for their pigs.

snowspider · 31/08/2021 16:50

Chickens like them too if you know anyone who has those

Mintjulia · 31/08/2021 18:34

snowspider You've just cheered me up.

My gran used to leave the windfalls to ferment on the ground and her chickens got tipsy eating them. Remembering autumn evenings, after school, trying to persuade drunk hens back into their coop. Grin Grin

Halsall · 31/08/2021 18:43

Yes, if you have anywhere nearby that will juice and bottle them, that's a good option. We're lucky to have a local smallholder who does this every year and in the past we've had loads of bottles of juice to enjoy throughout the year.

We haven't got any apples this year and I'm really missing them!

Window1 · 31/08/2021 19:02

I have been given a bag of apples from a neighbour. How do I know what kind of Apple they are? (Cooking only or best to eat a certain way?)

I don't know what to do with them! If they are normal eating apples then can you still make crumble with them?

Sorry I haven't been given all these apples before and I don't want to waste them. So I just wash and eat the same as the supermarket?

Thanks

Anordinarymum · 31/08/2021 19:12

@justbrowsing

We have 2 apple trees in our garden and this is our first year here. There are so many apples that we just don't know what to do with them all! Any ideas welcome! I can prob cook 1 pie a week and maybe we can eat a dozen a week between us but that still leaves an awful lot. We can't put them in the green wheelie bin. Have ordered a compost bin but again can't really put them all in there either. Any ideas for using up apples welcome.... I have one eating and I e cooking apple tree!
I have an abundant apple tree. I make lots of apple sauce and freeze it.

I always leave a number of apples on the tree for the birds too.