Raw Apple Sauce

Here is an old fashioned dish that should be prepared weekly by every household.

Ingredients:

• Apples (4 cups)
• Menjool Dates or Figs (1/4-1/2 cup soaked 1 hour)
• Raisins (1 cup good quality)
• Cinnamon (3 heaping tbs)
• Water (½ a cup)
• Cloves, nutmeg, honey, agave nectar, etc., to taste

Even though you are using locally raised organic apples, wash them first. I leave the skins on. Most apple sauce recipes call for removing the skin. It will take a little getting used to the different texture of apple sauce made with the skins left on. Apple skins are nutritious but years of buying unknown mysterious apples from grocery stores have led us to be a nation of apple skin phobic’s. Remove the core from the apples. Compose core. Mix all ingredients in a blender for up to 2 minutes. This keeps in a refrigerator for up to a week. I prefer Vietnamese Cinnamon in this dish but Ceylon or Chinese works well too. Many spices work well here, you cannot go wrong as the main flavor will be the apple. Experiment with different varieties of apples. Your weekly farmers market should be bursting with Heirloom Apples. Salud!