Apple Puree Recipe For cakes, breakfasts, and pancakes – by Sarah Calcutt
It’s apple season! Sarah Calcutt, founding partner of Partners in Produce, Non-Exec Director of New Covent Garden Market, and City Harvest Food Council member, shares some of her favourite seasonal recipes with City Harvest.
Top tip when cooking with apples: keeping the skin in the mix keeps the fibre and lots of the nutritious value too.
Ingredients
- 2 red apples
- 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon of water
You will need a small saucepan with a lid.
Method
- Take two apples – Gala, Cameo, Worcester, Red Pippin, Early or Red Windsor, Red Prince (there are lots that cook into a puree well, varieties that are harder – Braeburn or Jazz, for instance, will need to be grated) cut into slices, remove the core and chop finely.
- Cook on a gentle heat with the juice of a lemon. Cook with the lid on, stirring occasionally until you have a fine puree.
- If you’re not using the puree immediately, chill and it will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days.
“This is an invaluable kitchen standard – have warm with honey on porridge, have with cream cheese on a bagel, add raisins and use as a pancake filling, fill a donut with some… the uses are endless, it’s not just a great baby weaning food.”
Sarah Calcutt, City Harvest Food Council member, Founding Partner of Partners in Produce, Non-Exec Director New Covent Garden Market and influential ambassador for fresh, British, seasonal produce.
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