Apple Sauce Recipe (French Apple Compote)
Quick and easy French apple sauce recipe without sugar. Serve as dessert on its own, dollop on pancakes or enjoy with many other desserts or savoury dishes like pork.
Ingredients
- 2 kg (4½lb) apples peeled and cored (weight with peel etc.)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla powder or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract/1 vanilla pod or bean
- 1 tablespoon runny honey Acacia
- 100 ml (½ cup) water
Instructions
- Peel and core the apples, discard the pips and chop them up roughly. Place them in a saucepan with the vanilla, honey and water.
- Stew the fruit over a low-medium heat covered. Stir occasionally and after about 15-20 minutes, the apples will collapse into a purée.
- Either stir a bit more to keep a compote with bits. If you prefer a smooth sauce, then blitz it with a hand blender or in a processor.
- Leave to cool.
Notes
Storage: keep in a sealed glass jar in the fridge for up to 5 days or freeze.
If you're worried about the apples browning while chopping them, add a little lemon juice, although it's not necessary.
Savoury variations: in place of the vanilla, infuse a cinnamon stick or ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon. Also good made with half pears.
Nutrition: per 336g portion for 6 people: GI 24, 1g protein, 1g lipids.