Apple And Crabapple Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Dice 8 ounces unpeeled crab apples or Granny Smith apples and cook in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring frequently, until soft, 8 to 10 minutes. Add 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries and cook until they start releasing their liquid, 8 to 10 minutes. Add 1/2 cup sugar and stir to dissolve. Add 1/4 cup cranberry juice, taste and add more sugar if necessary. Refrigerate, covered, for up to 3 days.

Steps:

• Peel, core and quarter the apples. Put them, 2 cups of water and the lemon (cut in half and turned inside out) in a large pot. Bring to a boil and cook until the apples are soft. Remove the lemon and puree the apples until they are the texture of chunky applesauce. Stir in salt and measure out two quarts of apple puree, adding water if its shy. Return the puree to the pot and mix in the sugar and spices. Simmer until its thick and a spoonful on a chilled plate does not run. Pour into glass jars, leaving a 1/4 inch headspace and process 10 minutes in a water bath canner.

Steps:

• Bring crab apples and water to a boil. Cook until apples soften then coarsely mash with a potato masher. Add sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice. Cook another 10 minutes on medium-high heat. Use an immersion blender to puree into a sauce. Continue cooking until desired consistency reached (if not thick enough for your tastes, add another cup or two of diced crab apple). Ladle hot sauce into hot jars leaving 1/2″ headspace. Remove any air bubbles, wipe lids of jars. Center hot lids onto jars. Apply screwbands until fingertip tight. Place jars in a water bath canner ensuring that the water level is at least two inches above jar tops. Process jars for 20 minutes (Calgary altitude). Remove jars and set aside to cool. Makes 9 half pint jars. **Canning instructions here are not fully detailed. If not an experienced canner, refer to general canning safety rules regarding processing times, etc.