This apple butter is the result of a small obsession. For years, I tasted it wherever I went: in restaurants, bought at the grocery store, picked up at orchard stands during fall weekends. Some were good, some were ordinary, and most of them tasted more like sugar than apple. I needed my own version. This one has not a single ounce of white sugar in it, just maple syrup, and the apple is the star. Ever since, every time I go pick apples at a small organic orchard, I know exactly what I’m going to do with them.<\/p>\n
In Quebec, pretty much every apple butter recipe asks for a slow cooker and a full day. I have one, a slow cooker. But why wait ten hours for something you can pull off in an hour and a half? It just makes no sense. A saucepan, a low flame, a lid and a little attention every now and then. That’s all it takes. You start after lunch and you have your jars of apple butter before dinner, instead of going to bed wondering if it’ll be ready tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n
The first time, I started blending my mixture into a pur\u00e9e and the texture was already decent after a minute. But I kept going. And the longer I blended, the thicker, smoother and creamier it became, until it actually looked like butter. That’s when I understood that most people stop way too soon. Three to four minutes with an immersion blender is what separates a thick compote from a real apple butter. And no, there is absolutely no trace of the skins left, even though you don’t peel anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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