AHHHHHHH!!!! Applesauce!

[Amatullah0]

I was making some applesauce the other day, and its totally not working out i put the whole apples in there(quartered), because I figured I could just strain the skins and seeds out. well, that's not working!!!! only a tiny tiny bit filters through ahhh! all those apples to waste?

Any tips on how to fix this? or maybe something else I can make from this? can I make apple cider from this? i've never made apple cider before.....

[Magelet]

Do you have a food mill? that should work. otherwise, I don't know.

[KristyDi]

Originally Posted by Amatullah0

I was making some applesauce the other day, and its totally not working out i put the whole apples in there(quartered), because I figured I could just strain the skins and seeds out. well, that's not working!!!! only a tiny tiny bit filters through ahhh! all those apples to waste?

Any tips on how to fix this? or maybe something else I can make from this? can I make apple cider from this? i've never made apple cider before.....

What are you using to strain it and are your apples cooked really really soft?

I use a chinois or the strainer attachment on my Kitchenaid mixer. With the chinois I have to periodically clear out the skins or there are so many they block the sauce from coming through. I never peel and rarely core my apples for sauce.

You need to cook the apples till they're falling apart so they go through whatever you're using to strain.

Good luck.

[Ellp]

If you cored the apples before you put them in to cook, you should be able to blitz it with a small hand blender if you have one. Worst comes to worst, a blender could probably do the trick too but you'd have to make it a bit soupier to blend well.

[Amatullah0]

i didnt peel or core them. i'll try cooking them longer. i allready usedthe hand blender on them, i suppose they're not soft enough

ooooohhh! that chinois looks really cool! i've never seen THAT before.

[mamadelbosque]

I made a ton of apple sauce last fall and the trick IMO is to cook them till they are like applesauce in the pot, then you can run them through a foodmill or a strainer super easy. Good luck!

[ju1ia]

a tip for next time, I peel & core mine, then throw the bigger chunks of the peel in while cooking, then fish them out before processing. not quite as healthy but I have the worst food processor ever and it won't handle the peel well enough.

[ollyoxenfree]

Not that it helps you right now, but I always peel and core my apples for this reason. A long time ago I made a batch of applesauce with whole apples and then had a heck of a time straining it.

I can usually take the peel off in one long string, and like the pp, I just toss a couple in while cooking. The kids have actually told me that this is one of the things that they will remember about their mom - she could peel an apple without breaking the peel, lol!