Part of picking up food for cheap is making sure you use it. My 3kg of granny smith apples last week for 99c a kg were destined to become stewed apple which I normally make by putting the apples and a bit of sugar in the saucepan and cooking until they soften. For a change I thought I would try the recipe from the Saturday Dominion Post a few weeks ago. The apple comes out with a lovely buttery, lemon taste. I have just used some of the stewed apple to make an apple pie which is presently baking in the oven for dessert.
800 – 900g eating apples (I used a bit more), 40g butter (I used less), about 2Tbsp sugar, 1 lemon.
Peel the apples, core, cut into quarters, then chunks. Melt the butter in the saucepan over a medium heat.
Add the apple and sugar to saucepan, cover with lid and cook on a gentle heat for about 10 minutes. During that time, lift the lid a couple of times to stir the mixture.
When the apple is soft, remove from heat. Taste to see if it is sweet enough, if not stir in a little more sugar. Grate some lemon rind from about half the lemon and stir into the apple. Taste to see if lemony enough.