Those people who know me well know that I cannot bear to waste any food that my garden produces. My cooking apple tree and damson trees are laden. So my husband is gathering a tub trug from each every few days and I am freezing it all. Damsons are easy – I just wash them, drain, bag and freeze. Apples take a bit more effort. An old aunt showed me a simple and not too time consuming way to prepare the fruit:

Peel and slice

Put in water with a bit of salt to preserve colour and prevent browning

Drain

Spread out on to a cling film lined baking tray. pop in to freezer.

Leave for about 2 hours until frozen

Break the slices up as you pop them in to a freezer bag.
There you have it…sliced apple that with a quick rinse are ready for pies etc throughout the year until the next harvest 🙂
I freeze a lot of fruit but never though to freeze apple in chunks! What a great idea.
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I always used to blanche or stew it before hand…this is a great way.😀
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Nice thought Jo😊
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It is so much easier 😀
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So useful! A good way to preserve other things too? Perhaps potatoes? Am always finding that potatoes are sprouting before I can use up whole bag.
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Ooh…Wonersh if that would work. Shall experiment 😀
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Terrible typo…wonder – not Wonersh 😉😉
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