This recipe is a great way to use up overripe, bruised and 'ugly' apples or help you use up a glut of fresh fruit that you may have grown yourself.
Add apples, water and lemon juice into a large saucepan
Cover with a lid
Heat over a high heat for 5 minutes until a fast simmer
Remove the lid, stir and reduce the heat
Cook over a medium heat for 45-50 minutes until the fruit is soft enough to crush with a wooden spoon and the liquid has almost evaporated
Transfer the cooked apples into a large mixing bowl
Set aside and let cool completely
Fit the Fine Milling Disc, coarse side up, to the Food Mill attachment
Attach the 7L Mixer bowl to the machine
Assemble the Food Mill attachment to the machine, fit the Paddle Tool
Transfer the cooled apples into the attachment
Stir on speed Min for 30 seconds
Stir on speed 1 for 2 minutes
Scrape the sides of the Food Mill with a spatula
Stir on speed 1 for 1 minute
Scrape the sides of the Food Mill with a spatula
Stir on speed 1 for 1 minute
Remove the attachment from the machine
Use a spatula to scrape the puree from the underside of the screen and transfer to the 7L Mixer bowl
Discard any solids left in the Food Mill attachment
To Finish
To sweeten the puree, add honey or sweetener and stir to combine
Serve
Store in a jar or airtight container in the fridge for 5 days, or freeze for up to 3 months
Substitutions
Honey can be replaced with sweetener
This recipe is a great way to use up overripe, bruised and 'ugly' apples or help you use up a glut of fresh fruit that you may have grown yourself.
Add apples, water and lemon juice into a large saucepan
Cover with a lid
Heat over a high heat for 5 minutes until a fast simmer
Remove the lid, stir and reduce the heat
Cook over a medium heat for 45-50 minutes until the fruit is soft enough to crush with a wooden spoon and the liquid has almost evaporated
Transfer the cooked apples into a large mixing bowl
Set aside and let cool completely
Fit the Fine Milling Disc, coarse side up, to the Food Mill attachment
Attach the 7L Mixer bowl to the machine
Assemble the Food Mill attachment to the machine, fit the Paddle Tool
Transfer the cooled apples into the attachment
Stir on speed Min for 30 seconds
Stir on speed 1 for 2 minutes
Scrape the sides of the Food Mill with a spatula
Stir on speed 1 for 1 minute
Scrape the sides of the Food Mill with a spatula
Stir on speed 1 for 1 minute
Remove the attachment from the machine
Use a spatula to scrape the puree from the underside of the screen and transfer to the 7L Mixer bowl
Discard any solids left in the Food Mill attachment
To Finish
To sweeten the puree, add honey or sweetener and stir to combine
Serve
Store in a jar or airtight container in the fridge for 5 days, or freeze for up to 3 months
Substitutions
Honey can be replaced with sweetener