Re: Ping: Barb re: apple butter

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zxcvbob <zxcvbob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
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zxcvbob <zxcvbob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
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zxcvbob <zxcvbob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a half a bushel of delicious but slightly mealy Honeygold apples
so I'm going to put up apple butter and applesauce tomorrow. I'd also
bake a fresh apple Bundt cake, but I'm trying to *lose* some weight this
holiday season rather than gain weight. Anyway...

I've got your apple butter recipe, the one where you talk about cooking
the apples in a microwave oven. Have you ever tried cooking the chopped
apples in a slow oven before you mill them? That would dry them out a
little, instead of having some of the juice cook out to be drained away.

Tomorrow should be good weather for having the oven on all day.

Best regards,
Bob
I haven't done that, Bob. I think if you do the chunks in the oven you
need to cover them in order to prevent a "crust" or "skin" forming from
the drying. Like roasting red potatoes quarters. And as soon as you
cover them you've lost what you've been seeking -- the cover will
contain the moisture. This is hypothetical, though, but it makes sense
to me. I'd do them in the microwave, drain, and use the juice for
something else -- meat glaze base, jelly, drink it, combine it with
another juice for a beverage. JMO.

Thanks. I did the microwave thing cuz it just seemed easier. (it took
a lot more than 6 pounds of apples to get 12 cups of sauce.) I drank
the juice, of course. The spiced apple butter is in the oven right now,
making the house smell good. I used more ginger and less cinnamon, so
it won't be quite as dark as yours. These apples were not very tart; I
never would have thought to add vinegar, but they needed it.

Bob

Dang, I was hoping you'd do them so we could find out if they'd form
that tough outer skin thang.
I assume you added some vinegar? It livens up the flavor, I thinkj.


Yes, I added 1/4 cup of white vinegar, then added another tablespoon
after I tasted it.

I over cooked the stuff and ended up with only a little over 5
half-pints! It still tastes good, I didn't scorch it except in the
corners. I ate the scorched part instead of stirring it in, it didn't
taste burned.

I'm tempted to take one jar and add salt, onion powder, and more vinegar
to make ketchup out of it. (might also need some mace.)

There's a lot of apples in each of those little jars.

Bob

:-)

{ Exported from MasterCook Mac }

Apple Catsup

Recipe By: Kerr - 1947, posted to r.f.p.by Barb Schaller 12-2-2007
Serving Size: 1
Preparation Time: 0:00
Categories: Canning, Preserves, Etc.

Amount Measure Ingredient Preparation Method
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon peppercorns
1 teaspoon whole cloves
1 teaspoon dry mustard
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 tablespoon salt
2 onions, finely chopped
12 sour apples
2 cups cider vinegar

Mix the sugar, peppers, cloves, mustard, cinnamon, ad salt. Then add
the onions.

Wash, core, and cut apples in quarters. Put into saucepan, cover with
boiling water, bring to boiling point and let simmer until soft. The
water should be nearly gone; then rub through puree sieve and for each
quart of pulp add the mixture of sugar, onions, and spices. After the
two mixtures are blended, add vinegar, bring to boiling point and let
simmer 1 hour.

Pour into prepared jars, seal and process in a boiling water bath for 10
minutes.
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Notes: IF this is the apple ketchup I once made many years ago, it
tastes a lot like Heinz 57 Sauce. I've added waterbath times; Kerr's
recipe was an open-kettle method, now outdated. 10/28/04
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-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Notes about our meals in Tuscany have been posted to
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; 10-16-2007
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