Apple sauce

Name: Apple sauce
Yield: 2 cups
Ingredients: 4 Apples, peeled and evenly chopped, we used a mix of granny smiths, gala and braeburn (Main); 1 Lemon, zested and juiced; 1 Tbsp Sugar; ¼ tsp Apple spice mix, see recipe below, or use ground allspice or nutmeg; 1 piece Vanilla bean, use a small piece, split; ½ cup Apple juice, use a good quality one (Main)

Makes: 2 cups

Tam West

Warren Elwin

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Serve this versatile sauce with cake, pork chops, roast chook or latkes.

Sauce

4	Apples, peeled and evenly chopped, we used a mix of granny smiths, gala and braeburn (Main)
1	Lemon, zested and juiced
1 Tbsp	Sugar
¼ tsp	Apple spice mix, see recipe below, or use ground allspice or nutmeg
1 piece	Vanilla bean, use a small piece, split
½ cup	Apple juice, use a good quality one (Main)

Directions

Peel and evenly chop 4 apples. Add to a saucepan with the lemon zest and juice, sugar, apple spice mix (see below) or use ground allspice or nutmeg, the split vanilla bean and apple juice.
Simmer over a low heat until soft and the liquid has evaporated. Cool and chill.

Apple spice mix

Lightly toast 1 tsp each of cloves, cinnamon, allspice, mace or nutmeg and black peppercorns. Cool and blitz (in a spice mill or coffee grinder) until finely ground and store in a jar.