While preparing various dishes, juices, we sometimes forget about the smallest - our children. For example, we buy applesauce in them in pharmacies or stores. But you can cook it yourself - in a slow cooker or on a stove. And without any special effort, quite simply. In addition, in this case, you will be completely confident in the sterility of the cans, as well as in the quality of the products and cooked puree. And the recipe for “Sissy” applesauce for the winter can always be found in cookbooks, magazines, or from friends and relatives. And a self-made treat will be much cheaper than what is sold in the store.
Cooking applesauce in a slow cooker
We will need about 2 kg of apples, 100 g of condensed milk, a third of a glass from the multicooker of sugar sand, half a glass of water. We offer the recipe for puree "Sissy" for the winter. We carefully wash the apples, remove the seeds and stalks. Leave the peel in place. Pour water into the bottom of the multicooker bowl, pour cooked fruits on top and close the lid.
In the device menu, select the "Soup" or "Stew" mode, set the time to 60-80 minutes. After 20 minutes have passed, open the lid and mix the apples that give the juice. We close it and now we don’t touch it until the signal is triggered. Pour into another bowl, add sugar and beat with a blender. The result is a homogeneous smoothie in which the peel is neither felt nor visible. The dish is ready to eat, only it is hot. Therefore, cool the treat to room temperature. Add condensed milk, due to which the puree on the stomachs of children will act softer, and it will become much more tender. Once again, go through the blender for the finished dish. Apple puree for the winter is ready for the child. You can store it in closed jars in the refrigerator for several months. Adults, by the way, also enjoy a tasty meal with pleasure.
The second way to make applesauce
This method is based on a basic recipe for mashed our fruits. The only controversial issue is the presence / absence of the peel in the finished dish. If it bothers you, peel the fruit or immediately wipe the mashed potatoes through a sieve.
But the fact is that in the finished product, the peel is absolutely not felt, but it gives it a more intense aroma and color. So this question is up to you. According to this recipe, baby applesauce is prepared quickly, very easily and without sterilization. Its supply will calmly stand idle all winter at room temperature. If you use sweet varieties of fruit, you can completely do without sugar. The dish will be ready. You just need to open the lid of the jar in winter - and enjoy the taste.
The recipe for puree "Sissy" for the winter: another recipe
The necessary ingredients are apples and about 100 ml of water per kilogram of fruit. We clean the washed fruits from the core and cut into slices, peel - according to your desire. We put it in a pan, add water and simmer on low heat for 30-35 minutes, closing it with a lid.
Periodically, do not forget to stir the prepared dish. At the moment when the apples are softened, we use an ordinary
hand blender to mash them to a uniform consistency. After finishing the process, bring our dish to a boil, put it hot in previously prepared jars and roll up the lids. Then we wrap it well and leave it to cool completely.
Another way to make a baby dessert
We offer another version of mashed potatoes, healthy, without preservatives, which can be used as an independent delicacy, or as a filling for rolls or pies. It will take about 30 minutes to cook. The following ingredients will be needed: 4 kg of fresh apples, one can of condensed milk and sugar to taste. The only inconvenience of this recipe is to peel the fruit.
Everything else is very simple. So, we start preparing applesauce: we take apples that are already peeled and cut into slices or slices and boil them until soft. We do this with the addition of water. Depending on the juiciness of the fruit, it needs one and a half to two glasses. Grind the fruits with a blender or meat grinder, or through a colander, or wipe through a sieve. Add the sugar sand and cook until it boils, stirring all the time. Since the brew shoots a spray, be careful. After boiling add cream or condensed milk. It is important that they do not contain any herbal supplements. Bring to a boil again and cook for five minutes. We lay out on sterilized banks and roll up the boiled lids. Then turn it over and wrap it in a towel until it cools completely. You can also make mashed
plums or plum apples in the same way
. You just need to take more sugar.
Canned Applesauce
For 10 cans with a capacity of 0.5 liters, we need 5.5 kg of brown apples and 0.9 kg of granulated sugar. Cooking homemade applesauce for the winter. We wash the apples, carefully cut out all the damaged places in them, put them in an enameled pan and fill them with water, based on the following calculation: 15% by weight of the fruit. Cook for 15 minutes until softened and wipe through a colander. The resulting mashed apples are heated and packaged in pre-prepared jars.
Roll them up with boiled lids and be sure to pasteurize. In the case when you want to cook a dish with sugar, then add 150 grams of sand per kilogram of mashed potatoes. Combine these ingredients and boil for 10-15 minutes. Then pack in jars and pasteurize at a temperature of 85 degrees. If it concerns half-liter cans, then just cook for 13 minutes.
The benefits of applesauce for children
We well mastered the recipe for applesauce "Sissy" for the winter, but we did not understand what this dish is useful for children. Now fill this gap a little. We know a lot about the benefits of the fruits themselves, but what happens after they are processed, for example, in mashed potatoes? It, unlike juice, has a thicker consistency, so it’s easier to introduce such a treat into complementary foods for babies.
It is better to give a natural product without added sugar, reducing the risk of food allergies. Together with mashed potatoes, organic acids enter the child's body, which are of great importance in the first year of life. These acids very well affect the activity of the digestive tract, contributing to the digestive process. So do not be lazy and at least sometimes with your own hands cook such a healthy dish.