Antonovka puree: the best recipes for making homemade applesauce

Let's look at the technology and recipes for making homemade Antonovka puree. I'm sure you will find exactly your recipe.

Selection of apples and their pre-processing

Antonovka apples have a sour taste, which is especially appreciated for making homemade puree. It is best to use fruits from your own garden or purchased at the local market. If you plan to purchase the product in a store, then it is better to take unsightly-looking specimens. Beautiful glossy apples are most likely stuffed with chemicals and the skins are treated with wax.

First of all, the apples need to be washed thoroughly. To do this, they are placed in a large saucepan or basin with water. Then each fruit is washed under running water. If necessary, you can wipe particularly dirty areas with a clean sponge or cloth.

Before cooking, it is advisable to dry the apples with towels. Clean fruits are peeled and seeded.If you plan to grind the puree through a sieve, then you don’t have to thoroughly peel the apples, but only cut them into 6–8 pieces.

Puree preparation technology

The average ratio of the number of products is as follows: for 1 kilogram of unpeeled Antonovka apples, take 100 grams of granulated sugar and 100 grams of liquid. Sugar in baby purees can be eliminated completely or replaced with fructose.

Sliced ​​apples must be softened by heat treatment. This can be done in the following ways:

• On the stove. Place the apples in a saucepan and add water according to the recipe. Simmer the fruit for about 20 minutes after the liquid boils.

• In the microwave. Large pieces of apples are placed on a flat dish. Add a couple of tablespoons of water to the bottom of the container. Prepare the slices for 5 minutes at maximum microwave power.
• In the oven. The fruits are placed cut side up on a baking sheet to retain the maximum amount of juice. Cooking takes place at a temperature of 180 degrees. It usually takes 20–30 minutes to soften the fruit. To preserve apple juice during baking, it is convenient to use silicone or metal muffin pans as a stand for fruit.
• In a slow cooker. You can also stew the apples until tender using a slow cooker. The fruits along with water are placed in the main bowl and simmered with the lid closed for 15 minutes. Depending on the model of the unit, you can use the “Extinguishing” or “Steam” function.

Watch the video from the channel “TheVkusnoetv” - Delicate apple puree on the stove

Boiled apples are punched with a blender and filtered. If the fruits were boiled without peeling, then the stage of straining through a fine sieve can be skipped.A child under one year of age will prefer completely homogenized puree, without the slightest pieces, so it is better to grind the dish that is prepared for baby food through a sieve. Sugar is added to the fruit homogeneous mass.

Before packaging into clean, sterile jars, the sweet mass is boiled over medium heat for 5 - 7 minutes. Be careful: the puree may spit out hot drops!

When hot, the workpiece is closed with sterilized lids and covered with a warm cloth until it cools completely. Store apple puree in a cool place until fresh harvest.

The “Cooking at Home” channel shares a detailed video recipe for making Antonovka puree baked in the oven

A selection of the best recipes

Mashed potatoes with cream

• Antonovka – 1/2 kilogram;
• granulated sugar – 150 grams;
• cream – 100 grams.

The apples are baked in the oven and then pureed by grinding them through a sieve. Sugar and cream are added to the mixture. All products are boiled together for 3 minutes and then placed in jars.

Antonovka puree with banana

• apples – 3 pieces;
• bananas – 2 pieces;
• granulated sugar – 1 tablespoon.

The fruits are peeled and punched in a blender until smooth. Add sugar and heat the mixture over the fire until the grains dissolve.

Pumpkin with apple

• “Antonovka” apples – 1 kilogram;
• nutmeg pumpkin – 1 kilogram;
• granulated sugar – 200 grams;
• lemon juice – 3 tablespoons.

Apples and pumpkin are cut into thin slices and heat-treated until soft using any of the methods described above. Sugar and lemon juice are added to the fruit and vegetable mixture. Place the mixture on the fire and heat for 5 – 10 minutes.

Apple with cinnamon

• apples – 1 kilogram;
• granulated sugar – 150 grams;
• cinnamon - to taste;
• lemon juice – 2 tablespoons.

Pre-boiled apples are pureed and the remaining ingredients are added. Cinnamon can be used either in powder form or in the form of a bark tube. In this case, a cinnamon stick is placed in a container in which the fruit is boiled before chopping, and the powder is added to the ground mass.

Tricks of experienced cooks

• Prolonged heat treatment minimizes the amount of vitamins. To reduce heat treatment time, it is better to cut the apples into thin strips.
• Lemon juice added to apples during cooking will prevent the pieces from oxidizing and darkening.
• For those who are looking after their figure and trying to limit the consumption of granulated sugar in their diet, sugar from the puree can be eliminated or replaced with fructose.