Vegetable and fruit purees are one of the first complementary foods in the baby's diet, they can be given from 6 months. On the shelves of stores - slender rows of various jars from different manufacturers, eyes widen from choice! But why buy (be that as it may, but store products are store products), if you can do a lot yourself! Make and be sure of the freshness, quality and naturalness of the product!

Making applesauce is simple and not very troublesome. Judge for yourself.

Ingredients

• apples are delicious
• water - purified drinking

Cooking

Take local apples for mashed potatoes, even if they are not very beautiful in appearance, the main thing is that they are not imported with a glossy peel, God knows what chemistry.

Wash and cut the skin thoroughly.

Remove the seed box and cut into small cubes. The finer the sliced, the faster the apples are stewed.

Pour some water into the pan (at the rate of 1 tbsp.spoon per 1 apple). Water is needed so that apples do not burn at the very beginning of cooking, then they will be stewed in their own juice.

Put on a very small fire, cover and simmer until cooked. During cooking, be sure to stir occasionally and monitor the amount of liquid, it may be necessary to add a little bit. Cooking time from 5 to 30 minutes if the apples are hard.

Punch in a mashed blender or rub through a sieve.

Let the mashed potatoes cool and feed the baby with delicious apple puree.

Do not put sugar in mashed potatoes; if apples are sweet, then mashed potatoes will turn out to be sweet enough. But, if you still want to sweeten, then put a pinch of powdered sugar, it will dissolve faster than sugar. You can take honey if the child does not have an allergy to it.

To enjoy delicious mashed potatoes from your apples, you can prepare it for the future. Cook and arrange in sterile jars that need to be stored in the refrigerator. Or put them in containers and freeze them.
  For older kids in mashed potatoes, you can add a little cinnamon - it is very tasty and fragrant.

And by the way, the apple peel that is cut can also go into business.

It is rich in vitamins (and we already have it), so we put it in a bag and freeze it (you can dry it in the oven or microwave). And in the winter we will add to tea or make an apple pattern with honey. The smell of apples will remind you of summer, cheer you up and help overcome gloomy rainy winter days.

Say, in the winter there are apples in stores? But I assure you, no winter variety of this fruit will ever bring you into the summer mood and provide so many vitamins for your child.

Applesauce is great for baby, diet or medical nutrition, as it is well absorbed by the body, improves digestion and contains a lot of vitamins. If you diversify applesauce with additional ingredients and seasonings (for example, cream, honey, lemon juice, cinnamon, cloves, etc.), you will get a useful and tasty dessert. Applesauce can be served either in pure form or with baked goods, pancakes, pancakes, toasts or waffles. Sometimes apple sauce is even added to meat and poultry dishes.

Apples go well with many other fruits, berries and vegetables. So, you can cook a delicious apple puree with the addition of carrots, pumpkins, peaches, apricots, bananas, pears, cherries, plums and other ingredients. Depending on the variety of apples used, the finished puree may have a different texture, color and taste. The principle of preparing applesauce is very simple: the prepared fruit is cut, spread in a saucepan, poured with water and cooked until cooked with sugar. If mashed potatoes are prepared for babies, sugar should not be added. Also, for the smallest fruits, sometimes they are not subjected to heat treatment, but simply mashed with a blender to a homogeneous mass (sometimes with the addition of other fruits or vegetables).

Applesauce is often prepared for the winter. For this, the fruit mass is boiled and rolled into sterilized jars. Cans are stored in a cool, dark and well-ventilated area. Best of all is canned apple puree from apples of sour varieties.

Apple puree - preparation of products and utensils

To make applesauce you will need: a saucepan, cutting board, knife, bowl and blender. If there is a special device for peeling apples, it can be used to easily and quickly peel a thin layer and remove seeds. Ready mashed potatoes are transferred for storage in the refrigerator to a clean jar or laid out on a bowl and served immediately (if it is intended for dessert).

Apples must be sorted out, discarding spoiled or rotted fruits, washed and dried. Then you need to peel the peel and remove the cores, if “eyes” come across - cut them out. In the same way, you need to prepare the rest of the fruits and vegetables used in the recipe. Measure the right amount of sugar and other additional ingredients in advance.

Applesauce recipes:

Recipe 1: Applesauce

Applesauce preparation is very simple. It is enjoyed with pleasure by both children and adults. Such mashed potatoes can be eaten with hot pancakes, pancakes or cereals. Sugar is used in this recipe, so this puree is suitable for older children.

Ingredients Required:

• One and a half kilograms of apples;
• Water - 500-600 ml;
• Sugar - 180-200 g;
• 12-15 ml of lemon juice.

Cooking method:

Wash apples, peel, cut seeds and chop coarsely. Put in a large saucepan and pour water so that it covers the apples. Put on fire and cook for 17-20 minutes until soft. Rip the apples with a blender and cook for another 5 minutes, adding sugar and lemon juice.

Recipe 2: Applesauce with Cream

A delicious dessert made from fresh fruits and cream. For cooking, it is better to take heavy cream - the puree from this will become even more tender and tastier. Sugar and the amount of fruit is taken "by eye".

Ingredients Required:

• Apples - 500-600 g;
• Water;
• Sugar - to taste;
• Cream.

Cooking method:

Wash, peel and remove the apples. Cut the apples into pieces, put in a small pot and pour a small amount of water. You can cook apples in the microwave for 5 minutes, or you can just simmer on the stove until soft. Add sugar to apples and chop everything with a blender. Then add cream and continue to whisk until smooth. Such a dessert can be spread out in a bowl and served in pure form, or spread hot toasts, freshly baked bread, casserole or stuffed tartlets with apple puree.

Recipe 3: Applesauce with Banana

Banana puree is prepared very quickly and simply, it can be given to children from the age of seven months. This puree is perfect for dietary and therapeutic nutrition.

Ingredients Required:

• 1 apple
• 0.5-1 banana.

Cooking method:

Wash and peel the fruit, cut the buttocks from the banana, and cut the core from the apple. Cut the fruit, put it in a bowl and chop the blender until smooth.

Recipe 4: Applesauce with Pumpkin

Pumpkin puree is very useful for children and adults. It contains vitamins and minerals necessary for the body, removes toxins and toxins, strengthens the immune system and improves appetite. Apples and pumpkin purees are perfectly absorbed by the body and normalize the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. It can be safely included in the dietary program.

Ingredients Required:

• 1 kilogram of pumpkin;
• 1 kilogram of Antonovka apples.

Cooking method:

Wash, dry, and peel pumpkin and apples. Cores from apples. Peel the pumpkin, leaving one pulp. Cut apples and pulp of pumpkin into cubes, put in a saucepan, add water and put on fire. Simmer until fully cooked (apple and pumpkin should be soft), cool and grind through a sieve. You can also simulate the ingredients with a blender.

Recipe 5: Applesauce with Cinnamon

Cinnamon diversifies the taste of ordinary applesauce and makes it more saturated and aromatic. The recipe is suitable for eating babies, primary school children and dietary or medical nutrition.

Ingredients Required:

• Golden apples - 5-6 pcs.;
• Sugar - 18-20 g;
• Cinnamon - 1 stick;
• Half a lemon.

Cooking method:

Wash, peel, remove seeds and cut into slices. Put apples in a saucepan, add sugar, squeeze half a lemon and add water. Throw a cinnamon stick. Simmer for about half an hour until completely softened. Once the blocks are welded, allow to cool slightly, remove the cinnamon and grind the ingredients until smooth with a blender. Transfer applesauce with cinnamon to a jar and store in the refrigerator.

- If applesauce is prepared for infants, it is better to take apples in green or yellow varieties. Red apples can cause an allergic reaction;

- Cured mashed potatoes can always be heated in a water bath;

- The shorter the cooking time, the more vitamins and nutrients will be stored in apples. To minimize cooking time, cut apples should be as small as possible;

- To prevent apples from darkening quickly, add a little lemon juice to the pan;

- To grind a blender you need slightly cooled apples;

- Fans of not too sweet mashed potatoes are offered the following proportion: for 1 kilogram of apples you need to take no more than 100 g of sugar. Instead of regular white sugar, you can use brown.

- Summer apples are boiled the fastest, therefore it is not necessary to cook them for a long time.

I have been harvesting the most delicate, lightweight, aromatic apple puree for the winter for more than a year. In terms of taste, it is not only not inferior, but also significantly superior to purchased. Sometimes guests do not even believe that this apple puree is prepared for the winter at home. The recipe is quite simple. Apples puree doesn’t take as much sugar as jam or jam, and cooking it is simple and easy. I will introduce you to all the necessary nuances of how to make mashed potatoes very light and without impregnation of pulp. The secret here is only one thing - the right choice of apples. Apples should be loose, juicy, but not dense. Antonovka is a great option! This apple variety also has its own special, unique taste. If you took other varieties and the taste of the finished apple puree seems too banal and uninteresting to you, then it can be “decorated” with cinnamon (ideal company for apples). Not a large number of  The inside of the soft vanilla bean added to the applesauce will also add a very subtle and elegant flavor. Even condensed milk can be put so that the puree acquires a creamy aftertaste and becomes even more tender. This puree can be served with most sweet dishes: pancakes, cheesecakes, pancakes, or you can just eat with spoons right from the can. Perfectly mashed potato goes as an additive to oat, rice, corn porridge.

Required:

• 1000 g loose apples
• 200-300 g of granulated sugar
• citric acid - at the tip of a knife
• pure water - 1-2 tbsp.

How to cook applesauce for the winter

First you need to rinse the apples, cut them into quarters, remove the core and cut the skin. Weigh the slices prepared in this way, be sure to write down the weight, place the apples in a saucepan where mashed potatoes will be prepared.

Removed parts of apples, if they do not rot without wormholes and do not throw away, cook compote from them. This will be a very reasonable and economical use of such "waste".

Pour clean water (about 1-2 tablespoons) into a pan with apples. Put the pan with apples on the fire, cover and begin to slowly heat. When the water makes a noise, reduce the heat to a minimum and boil the apples until a mushy mass is obtained. It will take a little time, about 10 minutes, depending on the variety of apples.

Grind the boiled apples into a smooth smoothie with a hand blender. (If there is no blender, then wipe the mass through a fine sieve - this will give the perfect “silk structure” puree.)

Add granulated sugar to the resulting puree. Pour 200-300 g of granulated sugar per 1 kg of peeled apples, plus or minus depending on the sweetness of the apples themselves. Add a little citric acid in the puree so that it does not darken and does not acquire a slightly appetizing shade, then constantly stirring the puree with a spatula and bring it to a boil. Gently, hot boiling mashed potatoes can be sprayed !!!

Place the hot mashed potatoes in pre-prepared sterile jars, seal them and leave them to cool completely upside down under the covers. Further mashed potatoes can be stored at room temperature.

Apple is a very popular fruit in Russia. It’s rare where an apple tree does not grow in dachas. She can easily endure the cold winter of our country, delighting us with delicious fruits. In addition, fruits are a true storehouse of nutrients. These fruits contain a large amount of not only vitamins, but also trace elements. That is why more and more often young mothers began to harvest applesauce for babies for the winter.

• These fruits contain a large amount of antioxidants that help strengthen the immune system of infants, there are all the necessary vitamins for the normal growth of the baby;
• The substances that make up apples positively affect the liver and kidneys of babies;
• Apples cleanse human blood, normalize blood sugar, increasing appetite.

Despite the fact that the benefits of apples are undeniably proven, their babies should not be given first.

It is established that after fruit, the children refuse to eat mashed vegetables. While the baby gets used to the taste of vegetables, you can introduce an apple mixture into the diet. Very small crumbs should be given 0.5 tsp. before feeding.

Mashed potato selection

Most girls do not want to cook the mixture at home. And this is understandable, why look for a recipe on the Internet and then cook, if you can buy the finished mixture and immediately give it to the child. However, quality products are not always sold in stores. There are manufacturers who add starch to children's products. This is done in order to make the mixture thicker. And in order for the taste of the product to be natural, citric acid and sugar are added.

This data is not always found on labels. Sugar can cause allergies, and starch is very difficult to absorb by a small organism. In fact, making fruit purees is not so difficult and it does not take too much time.

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Getting ready for winter

In the summer, mashed potatoes are much easier to cook, but in the winter, most mothers buy finished products, because doubt the quality of the purchased fruit. For the winter, you can make applesauce puree. Of course, it is better to use homemade or unprocessed fruits.

Winter apple mixture

In order for the child to eat only environmentally friendly products, you should close the jar with mashed potatoes for the winter. The recipe for the mixture is based on the use of apples, sugar and water.

Required Products:

• Fruits - 3 kg;
• Water - 1 L;
• Sugar - 100 gr.

The recipe for the mixture for the winter:

1. Peel the fruits and divide into slices;
2. Transfer pieces to a blender and grind to a state of gruel;
3. Transfer the gruel to the pan, add sugar;
4. Bring to a boil and cook for 15-25 minutes;
5. Boil the jars (best of all, take small jars: 1 jar - 1 serving). The recipe for such a mixture will surely appeal to the baby.

Mixture with condensed milk

This recipe is not suitable for everyone, first you should check whether the baby has an allergy to condensed milk.

Required Products:

• Apples - 2 kg;
• Water - 300 ml;
• Condensed milk - 1 can.

Cooking:

1. Finely chop the apples;
2. Put the slices in a pan and add water;
3. Apples should be boiled;
4. They should be cooled and chopped in a blender;
5. Add condensed milk to the resulting mixture;
6. Transfer the mass to the pan and cook for 5-15 minutes.

Cream mass

For infants, you can use the recipe for a mixture of apples and cream. Such complementary foods can be administered to children older than 8 months.

• Apples - 2 pcs;
• Sugar - 1 tbsp;
• Water - 250 ml;
• Cream - 2 tablespoons

The process of preparing the mixture for the winter is very similar to cooking semolina porridge:

1. Bring the water to a boil;
2. Grate fruits and lower them in water;
3. Cook apples for 15-20 minutes;
4. Introduce sugar and cream into the mixture, constantly stirring the gruel.

Combination

Apple mass for babies can be combined with almost all fruits and vegetables. Most popular combinations:

• Apple with a pear. Fruit should be boiled, then mixed in a blender. For an older baby, you can prepare a mixture with the addition of cinnamon or cranberries;
• Apple with a banana. Grind fruits in a blender. The addition of breast milk to the mixture is allowed;
• Apple with pumpkin. You need to take 1 slice of pumpkin and 1 apple. Put these products in a slow cooker and steam. Mash ready vegetables, add butter and milk. Such a mass can be given to a child in the absence of allergies;
• Apple with carrot. Take 1 carrot and 1 apple. Boil the fruits in a saucepan and chop them in a blender.

Kids do not eat the usual food, so try to pamper your child with different mixtures.

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Cooking features

Before you start cooking from apples for the winter, it is important to consider the following nuances of its preparation.

• Acid varieties are more suitable for this dish. They are characterized by a pronounced taste, aroma, all microelements and vitamins are stored in them longer.
• For canning mashed potatoes, it is recommended to use cans up to 1 liter. In a larger container, the product may grow moldy and deteriorate during long-term storage after uncorking. It is better to open a small jar and eat its contents for 1-2 times.
• How to cook applesauce so that it retains its aroma, taste and a pleasant golden color? To do this, you need to cook it in a pan with a thick bottom (cast iron, enameled). If the dish burns even a little, then its smell and taste will immediately change for the worse.

The recipe for baby applesauce

Ingredients:

• apples - 3 kilograms;
• water - 400 grams;
• sugar to taste.

Baby applesauce for the winter: cooking sequence.

1. Wash apples under running water, peel, remove core, cut into slices.
2. Put prepared fruits in a saucepan and add water. Warm up on fire for about half an hour.
3. Drain the water and rub the apples that have become soft through a sieve or colander with small holes.
4. Add sugar to taste to the resulting mass and mix until it is completely dissolved.
5. In pre-sterilized jars, spread the mashed potatoes and cover with metal lids.
6. We put cans in a large container with hot water. Turn on the fire and sterilize the mash: containers with a volume of 0.5 liters - 15 minutes, 1 liter - 20-25 minutes.
7. Remove cans from boiling water one at a time and roll up with a can opener.
8. Lay a towel on the table, put on it all the containers with mashed potatoes and wrap. Leave as it is until it cools completely.

How to make baby puree from apples for the winter without sugar?

Those who are contraindicated in the use of sweets can be prepared without sugar. The amount of fruit and water remains the same. Only the sterilization time changes: for half-liter cans it is 25 minutes, for liter - about half an hour. It is recommended to store such mashed potatoes in the refrigerator or in a cold basement.

Variations on the theme of fruit puree

You can preserve mashed potatoes for the winter, adding other fruits and vegetables to the base. Pumpkin, pear, carrot, quince go well with the apple in this dish. Only the latter have a solid structure, so they need to be boiled separately until completely softened, and only then combine everything into a fruit mass.

Having prepared applesauce for the winter, you will provide a supply of vitamins for yourself and your loved ones for the whole year. Bon appetit and be healthy!