This recipe for applesauce compote is great in both sweet and savory dishes.
I can't decide if it's a apple sauce or apple compote because it can be both. To me apple sauce goes with savory food and compote with sweet food.
Homemade apple sauce from hand-picked apples is so much nicer and healthier than store bought and it's so easy to make!
Making apple compote is a must do in autumn in my household. So easy to do big batches of and you can easily freeze apple sauce down to use throughout the year. Read more about storing and preserving food here.
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Ingredients
recipe apple compote:
apples
sugar
water
cinnamon
See recipe card for quantities.
How to make Applesauce compote
This applesauce recipe is simple to make and taste delicious!
- Peel and cut the apples into pieces and discard the core.
- Put apple pieces in a saucepan on medium heat.
- Cook until apples soften and becomes mushy.
- Add the sugar, cinnamon and a bit of water if it looks dry. Add small amounts of water at the time to avoid it being too wet.
- Keep cooking on low to medium heat until the apples are soft and can easily be mushed with a whisk or a potato masher.
- You need to stir regularly and be careful not to have the heat too high as the apples will catch at the bottom and become brown.
- Cooking time will depend on the apple variety.
- Once cooked, let it cool then roughly mash it with the whisk or masher until saucy with a few chunks in it and check the taste. Add more sugar if needed.
- If you prefer your apple sauce smooth then blend it with your stick blender instead.
Hint: All apple varieties have different water and sugar content, so the water and sugar amounts in this apple compote recipe are an estimate only. It needs to be added with caution and according to taste.
Chunky or smooth
To make chunkier applesauce, I recommend using a potato masher or a whisk and simply just smash the cooked apples to your preferred consistency.
For smooth applesauce, I like to use a stick blender, but a food processor works well too.
How to serve/use apple compote
Applesauce compote can be used in so many different ways. It's great with both sweet and savory dishes.
Here are only a few examples on what to do with apple compote:
- Excellent served on the side with roast pork
- Great served on top of porridge
- As a filling in crepes
- Simply serve it warm in a bowl with milk as afternoon tea or an after-dinner treat. It's a Light, healthy snack.
- Applesauce compote is also great used in baking. Cakes, muffins and slices becomes very moist with the addition of apple sauce.
Picking wild apples
I often see wild apple trees around where we live. We can just stop on the side of the road and gather apple from them when its apple season.
There is often a lot of fruit on each tree. It’s really worth doing if you don’t grow your own apples. Read more about gather wild food here
Equipment
Apple peeler
Cutting board
Knife
Sauce pan
Stirring spoon
Blender - or whisk or potato masher
Storage
Apple sauce will keep for 6-7 days covered in the fridge. The remaining sauce that you won't use in a week just simply spoon into convenient zip lock bags and freeze them. They will last in the freezer for 6 months
It freezes well and it’s a great way to preserve your apples. Frozen apple sauce in convenient sized bags is quick and easy to defrost when needed.
Read more about storing and preserving food here
Related
Looking for other preserves or condiments recipes like this? Try these:
Green tomato and chilli chutney
Easy Strawberry tree jam (arbutus unedo)
Did you make this recipe for apple compote? Leave me a comment below. I love to hear from you
Applesauce compote
Ingredients
- 1 kg apples
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup water estimate
- cinnamon optional
Instructions
- Peel and cut the apples into pieces and discard the core.
- Put apple pieces in a saucepan on medium heat. Cook until apples soften and becomes mushy.
- Add the sugar, cinnamon and a bit of water if it looks dry. Add small amounts of water at the time to avoid it being too wet.
- Keep cooking on low to medium heat until apples are soft and can easily be mushed with a whisk or a potato masher.
- You need to stir regularly and be careful not to have the heat too high as the apples will catch at the bottom and become brown.
- Cooking time will depend on apple variety.
- Once cooked let it cool then roughly mash it with the whisk or masher until saucy with a few chunks in it and check the taste. Add more sugar if needed.
- If you prefer your apple sauce smooth then blend it with your stick blender instead.
Notes
- All apple varieties have different water and sugar content, so the water and sugar amounts are an estimate only. It needs to be added with caution and according to taste.
- With certain apples, especially shop bought ones, you don’t need to add any water, but with others, especially heritage varieties, they contain less water and you need to add more. It's the same with sugar.
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