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    Soo a bud brought over about 30 pounds of apples from his tree. Mostly not too pretty, but who cares? No worms and pretty sweet! We tossed a few out into the woods for future return... deer season is coming :{) and I picked thru and tossed the pretty ones in the fridge.

    The rest went into my huge turkey fryin' pot in the fry basket with a couple gallons of water and got slow simmered to pulp.

    After beating that mix to death with a spoon I pulled the basket and set it aside for a bit. Strained the water/juice that was in the pot, and set that to reducing for a big batch of apple/bourbon BBQ sauce :{) (Recipe may be forthcoming..when I'm done futzing with it..if I can remember it )

    Sooo back to the fry basket full of apple goodness... pressed all of that thru a coarse strainer, got about 6 cups of a thick almost applesauce consistancy paste. Pressed that thru a fine strainer and returned the output to the simmering pot.

    Sooo what to do with this rathr dry applesauce kinda stuff... Hmm.

    In goes some cinnimon, brown sugar, a couple tablespoons lemon juice and... well, of course a couple crushed Thai peppers lined a couple baking sheets with parchment paper, and used my dough scraper to make about an eighth inch thick coating and into the downdraft just like I finish my jerky. (Thinking aboot that Excalibur, Dana!

    Dang... peeled off the paper real nice! Stuff pretty damned good! I suppose I could take a pict...but it's not all that interesting to see...heh!
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    Sounds good to me Rich. I've made two batches of crockpot apple butter with all the apples I picked at the orchard. I'll have to keep your idea in mind for next years apples.
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    • #3
      Pretty cool! Never thought about apple jerky, but sure seems interesting. Love the idea of using the apples for apple/bourbon bbq sauce... would go well with pork me thinks
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      • #4
        Sounds Great----Kinda like those "Fruit Roll-ups" ??


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        • #5
          Originally posted by Bearcarver View Post
          Sounds Great----Kinda like those "Fruit Roll-ups" ??


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          That's kind of what I'm picturing as well. A slightly spicy yet sweet fruit roll-up. Sounds pretty good actually.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Bearcarver View Post
            Sounds Great----Kinda like those "Fruit Roll-ups" ??
            Yeah...yer right! My kids loved those things. Well, I do too :{)

            Might went a tad heavy on the Thai pepper now that I think on it. Oh well
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            • #7
              Sounds yummy. Dad used to make similar stuff when we were kids, though without the thai peppers. Fruit leather is what we called it. Made some with pears and other stuff too. Good healthy snack when you're on the go. We used to roll strips of it up in plastic wrap and take it when we'd go camping, hiking, skiing, etc.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by PitRow View Post
                Sounds yummy. Dad used to make similar stuff when we were kids, though without the thai peppers. Fruit leather is what we called it. Made some with pears and other stuff too. Good healthy snack when you're on the go. We used to roll strips of it up in plastic wrap and take it when we'd go camping, hiking, skiing, etc.

                Thanks PitRow !!
                That's right---Fruit leather was what I was thinking of. I couldn't think of it, so I said "Roll-ups" because they sell them rolled up.


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                • #9
                  Originally posted by PitRow View Post
                  Sounds yummy. Dad used to make similar stuff when we were kids, though without the thai peppers. Fruit leather is what we called it. Made some with pears and other stuff too. Good healthy snack when you're on the go. We used to roll strips of it up in plastic wrap and take it when we'd go camping, hiking, skiing, etc.
                  OK that's a better term... is IS like leather! And talk about stik to your teeth...gums.. roof of yer mouth.. but it's kinda addictive! I think a little more lemon juice..or maybe some zest in the next btch... hmmm AND less hot pepper
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                  • #10
                    How aboot a lil Jim Beam in the next batch, just because you can
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                    • #11
                      Sounds really good Rich...I love dried fruit...Hell, I even love fruit cake (especially the one my mom makes...towel soaked in brandy or wine). I have just started getting into the fruit drying gig, but I have a giant ziplock at my desk and I'm into that every single day. I haven't made fruit leathers yet, but I really dig the thai pepper addition too. I can't believe how much fruit I have thrown away in the past...if my trees had a big year, the deer and coons and squirrels got everything me and my neighbors didn't use. I got a better plan now, and my granny smith tree is loaded! I'm gonna use your idea on some green apple fruit roll up.
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                      • #12
                        you know rich if you were to invest in a hand blender you could cut out most of that straining. and if you also had an apple processor - you could cut out the rest.

                        Brilliant bits of kit.
                        I have one for apples and bought another one (£7.50 delivered) that I've spent most of the week rebuilding into an automatic citrus fruit zester.

                        just need to get the collection tray optimised and I'll post a thread.
                        The mk I zester works a treat but I think I need to get non-clogging microplane blades for the mk II upgrade.

                        But the apple processors work great as is.

                        [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4tpjmOWa-0[/yt]

                        You can also use them for peeling and spring slicing potatos and other fairly firm veg. They'll also peel without slicing, slice without peeling and if you sharpen the other side of the blade they'll slice without peeling or coring as well. Pretty versatile little gadgets.

                        And if you use a half dozen mini-tool cutting wheels, elastic bands, a nutmeg grater and a hot glue gun - it'll never peel apples again, but it will zest lemons and oranges :-)

                        Haven't tried fruit leathers yet. but will probably give it a go soon

                        and rich - pictures are ALWAYS good
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