How to Prepare Applesauce

Applesauce is refreshing, delicious and easy to make. It can be used as desserts, a snack or light lunch, with ice creams or yoghurts, or as a garnish to roast meat (pairs well with pork chops). It can also be substituted for butter, oil or eggs in baking.

Also high in pectin, applesauce can serve as a homemade remedy to combat diarrhoea and other stomach problems.

Ingredients

• 1 kg apples
• 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon (dalchini)
• 1 cup of water

How to Prepare

1. Peel, core and chop apples. Put in a heavy-bottomed saucepan with water.
2. Cover and cook over low heat for 12 to 15 minutes till apples soften. Do not let the apples burn.
3. Mash them a bit to make them pulpy.
4. Stir in the lemon, sugar and cinnamon and cook a little more. Then allow it to cool.
5. Mash with a fork or transfer mixture to a food processor and puree until smooth.
6. Serve warm or chilled.

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chinwe

An Environment Resource Management graduate of Abia State University with her Masters in-view, Chinwe is also a Columnist, an OAP, a sought-after motivational speaker and writer with special interest in food and the balance of diet.

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