I have added too much water and too much sugar to a batch of apples.Does anyone know how I can correct this or should I start again? Sad to waste the apples and sugar though....
sapne,
Apr 13, 6:50pm
Heat gently until the water evaporates. Add more apples?
lilyfield,
Apr 13, 6:50pm
drain the apples. Save juice for baking . cook some more apples in just a wee bit of the juice and add to others.
or bake off some more apples in the oven with nothing added and add to cooked ones.
sharma07,
Apr 13, 7:26pm
Thanks heaps.Great ideas.Waste not, want not right
juliewn,
Apr 14, 9:47am
Hi.. I've started adding double the amount of water I'd usually use when stewing apples and for bottling them.. while still very hot, I strain them through a sieve, placing the pulp back into the pan and reheating till very hot then preserving them, and with the juice, I heat that till boiling, and bottle also.. delicious apple juice to use when we'd like some.. yum!
clarebear19,
Apr 17, 4:08am
Hi there - I like the idea about doubling the water and bottling the apple juice. Do you add sugar at any stage? And if you do - at what ratio? Thanks!
korbo,
Apr 17, 4:37am
I started a thread the same. check mine out.hardcase 2 of us with problem
yorkie13,
Apr 17, 4:45am
when I stew apples all I do is add a bit of sugar and simmer on really low heat cos the apples produce their own liquid, works for me.
wildflower,
Apr 17, 10:06pm
I've never added sugar to stewed apples, even cooking apples seem to have plenty of sweetness once stewed, they have plenty of natural sugars.Why add more?
buzzy110,
Apr 18, 2:04am
Exactly and the sugar overpowers the apple flavour.
clarebear19,
Apr 18, 2:26am
No added sugar - sounds good to me but will it still keep OK when bottling? I know sugar helps preserve. Thanks
murdoc4,
Apr 18, 2:44am
If apple is too sweet add a little lemon juice to taste and like the other said - add some more apple
korbo,
Apr 18, 5:31am
my dessert was fine. put the apples in the colondar and that reduced the juice. not any left
wildflower,
Apr 18, 11:39pm
I've been preserving stewed apple without sugar, freezing it too.
greerg,
Aug 12, 11:15am
I always freeze it because I assumed I couldn't bottle it without added sugar.Do you use a waterbath or overflow Wildflower?
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