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Cooking Question
Hi ladies,
We were in the Okanagan region of BC last weekend and it's apple season! We picked a whole bunch and I'm just running out to the grocery store to grab the remaining ingredients for apple crisp. mmmmmmmm!
My question is - can I make the apple crisp and then freeze it at the stage just before cooking?
My parents get back from Greece Monday afternoon and I want to have a frozen home made meal waiting for them.
Thanks!
Re: Cooking Question
Personally, I would cook it first, then freeze it. I would worry about how the apples would hold up uncooked and frozen (who knows, maybe they'd be fine....I've just never done that before). I think it'd freeze better cooked. You can just put it back in the oven to thaw and bake a little more (it shouldn't burn, I don't think).
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You can do it without cooking them first - I grew up on a couple of acres covered with apple trees, and every fall we would make applesauce, apple butter, pie filling, etc. until it was coming out of our ears.
My mom took to making the pie filling by spreading plastic wrap over a pie dish, then slicing up the apples directly into the dish along with a sprinkling of sugar, spices and a bit of flour, and then folding the plastic over the top and whacking the whole thing right into the freezer.
When it was done, the filling could be lifted out of the pie dish and there would be a solid form of fresh apple pie filling pre-frozen into the right shape for a pie (the juices from the apples would hold it together) - so when we wanted pie, we'd just pull one out of the freezer and pop it right into a pie base! (Probably could have frozen the bases along with the pie filling - but with that many trees to harvest, we just never had the time to be that detailed lol.)
Jaime & Brent
Oahu, Hawaii | Sept. 9, 2005
My Food Blog - Good Eats 'n Sweet Treats
Thanks!
Lisa - this was my first time ever to an apple orchard and it was SO fun! I think I'm completely ruined for apples from the store. They'll never compare to the ones we got straight from the tree!
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Chika - the Okanagan was beautiful this time of year!
I went with MH who was teaching a customer how to use a machine they just bought from him. The customer happened to be one of the wineries so I got to sit in the truck and wait for him at a winery
. It was beautiful!
I'd like to go back when I can enjoy the wine!
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