Apple, Sage and Cider Sauce

Name: Apple, Sage and Cider Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Makes approx. 3-4 250ml bottles
Ingredients: 4 tbsp Olive Oil; 2 each Onions (medium); 3lb Apples, Cooking; 5 oz Sugar, White granulated; 20 each Sage Leaves, fresh; 12 fl oz Cider, any flavour; 5 g Butter

This sauce is absolutely delicious - make some!

Ingredients

Olive Oil

4 tbsp

20 ml

Onions (medium),
Peeled and chopped

2 each

Apples, Cooking

3lb

1.5 kg

Sugar, White granulated

5 oz

150 g

Sage Leaves, fresh

20 each

Cider, any flavour

12 fl oz

375 ml

Butter,
Salted or unsalted, cut into small cubes

5 g

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Method

Peel and chop the apples and onions
Put the butter and oil together in a large pan, cook the onion until soft and translucent and then add the apples.
Cook for 5 minutes, add the cider, sugar and sage leaves and cook until the apples are really soft.
Either sieve the contents of the pan or use a food processor, blending until smooth.
Bottle into warm sterilised bottles. Use within 2 months or sterilise by the waterbath method to increase shelf life to one year.
Great with rich meats.

How long will it take to make?

Preparation time:

10 mins

Cooking time:

15 mins

Total time:

25 mins

How much?

Makes approx. 3-4 250ml bottles

Look after it

Use within 2 months or sterilise in a waterbath

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Useful links

This delicious sauce looks great in our 250ml Bella Figura

Rosie's Preserving School Workshops

Apple Sage and Cider Sauce

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