Making the most of even a rotten apple tree
Whether you call it apple puree or apple sauce, it’s an easy way to process a glut of small apples that aren’t much good for eating raw. Have you got a hopeless apple tree in your garden? One that still fruits, but the apples are tiny, bitter or covered with scab or other ailments?
I have one (the infamous tree grown from a pip when I was a kid and am too sentimental to chop down), and after a four-year programme of restorative pruning, it has finally borne a decent crop of apples. Read more about growing an apple tree from a pip.
Apple puree recipe
The only thing is, it’s a Cox Orange Pippin or similar – very prone to scab, and we are in a very scabby area, if that doesn’t sound too bad. Liven up this recipe no end with beautiful red-fruiting varieties like these. Or enjoy Christmas recipes with Redlove apples.
