Hello, every birdie. For a while, during the summer it was nothing but Plums. And now with it being fall time we are going to be doing a lot and I mean A LOT of apple recipes. Because in our house, when it is fall time, we end up having SOOO many apples. We have been having apple cider a lot recently. And apple pies are always great too. I wanted to try making apple butter.
Now onto the character in question. Thoma (sounds like Thomas without the S) is a pyro Character from Inazuma. He is the home keeper of the Kamisato Clan. (The guy in the middle of this picture.) He says that he is fine with anything. His favorite food is Rice Cake Soup. However, I am trying to do this series without really buying anything, other than the staples.
So I thought for a while and thought that it would be fun if I made 3 things that were connected together. Because I thought that it would be needed. Where apple butter is the main ingredient in all 3 recipes. Apple Butter keeps these recipes together, and Thoma keeps the Kamisato siblings together.
I doubled this recipe, but I am going to share with you the original recipe. Feel free to check it out in the description down below.
This recipe that I am going to share does use the Instant Pot. However, I will share with you a recipe for the stovetop.
You will need:
- 4 apples
- ½ cup of water
- ¼ cup of brown sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp of vanilla
You are going to the core and chop your apples.
Add the water to the pot of your instant pot and add the apples on top.
Close the lid and make sure that the valve to sealing. Cook on high pressure for 20 minutes.
If you accidentally add in everything right now, before you closed the lid. It is fine. It will taste the same as it should.
You will want to allow the Instant pot to naturally release.
For this next step, there are two different methods you could use.
- Use an immersion blender and blend it until it is smooth.
- Transfer your apples to a stander blender and blend it until smooth.
If you are using a standard blender return your apples to the blender.
Now, is when you are supposed to add in your brown sugar and spices. Rather you added it before or now, you are going to make sure you stir it well.
Set your Instant Pot to sautee low, and allow the sauce to thicken, making sure that stir regularly.
Transfer the sauce to mason jars for storage. Make sure to store the apple butter in the fridge when not in use.
For those of you who do not own an Instant Pot, fear not. I have a stovetop recipe that is very similar.
For this recipe you will need:
- 2 pounds (900g) of apples
- ½ cup (100g) sugar
- ¼ cup (55g) brown sugar
- ½ cup (125g) pure apple juice
- 1 Tbsp (15g) lemon juice
- ¼ cinnamon
- ⅛ cloves
- ⅛ salt
In a heavy saucepan, you are going to add your apples, both the brown and white sugar, lemon juice, spices, and salt.
Bring this mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat to low. Wait for it to simmer until the apples are softened and begin to break down. This takes about 15 minutes.
Remove it from the heat and let it cool for at least a few minutes.
Now you are going to carefully transfer the mixture to a food processor and blend it for 1 minute or until it is smooth and pureed. It should have the same texture as applesauce.
Return your apple sauce-like mixture to the saucepan and continue to simmer it for another 30 minutes. Or until the apple butter is the same color as caramel and keeps its shape on a spoon.
Transfer the apple butter to a glass bowl or a measuring cup. And let it cool to room temperature before using.
Store the apple butter on an air-tight counter in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
This recipe was really easy and I can’t wait to make some more of it. And it was a win in my house. My mom told me that she doesn’t really like Apple butter, but she liked this one. So that one comment made it all worthwhile for me.
I hope that you like these recipes. Feel free to check it out for yourselves. See you in the next recipe.
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