Recipes of Apples

Apple Bundt Cake
Ingredients
2 cups sugar
Rind of 1 lemon
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
3 large tart apples, grated
1/2 cup raisins
Serves 12


Procedure
Mix quickly in the food processor the sugar and lemon rind.
Add eggs and blend until it becomes a nice cream.
Continue blending while slowly adding the oil.
Blend until well mixed and add vanilla.
In a separate bowl sift the dry ingredients all together (flour, allspice, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon).
Mix the dry ingredients slowly into the batter blending until it becomes a nice thick cream.
Add grated apples and blend quickly into batter just to mix. Be sure not to overblend and shred the apples too much.
Add raisins and pulse the processor as to just mix them in and not shred them.
Bake for 55 minutes at approximately 320°F (160°C) or until sticking a knife into center comes out clean.

Apples's Season

On the northern hemisphere, the apple season starts in juli with the early cultivars, which are harvested until August. Later cultivars are harvested until October. Since apples store exceptionally well they are available out of season without much effort or loss of flavor.

Good Apples

Apples are a very important food in all cooler climates. To a greater degree than other tree fruit, except possibly citrus, apples store for months while still retaining much of their nutritive value. Winter apples, picked in late fall and stored just above freezing in a cellar or "fruit room" have been an important food in Europe and the USA since the 1800s.

Apple Cultivars

Apples come in many varieties and flavors.There are more than 7,500 known cultivars of apples. Cultivars are available for subtropical and temperate climates. Apples do not flower in tropical climates because they have a chilling requirement.

Among the most common commercial apple cultivars (and the places where they are commonly grown) are 'Braeburn' (New Zealand), 'Cox's Orange Pippin' (Britain, New Zealand - old cultivar, but still very popular) 'Fuji' (Asia, Australia, North America), 'Gala' (New Zealand), 'Golden Delicious' (United States, Europe), 'Granny Smith' (Australia and California), 'Jonagold' (United States), 'Jonathan' (United States), 'McIntosh' (Canada), 'Red Delicious' (United States), and 'Winesap' (United States). All those apples except the last are sweet and colorful. 'Granny Smith' is tart; some people eat it fresh and it is popular for cooking. Its skin is a light speckled green. It requires a long growing season and a hot climate to mature fully, though inferior fruits are grown in unsuitable areas. (A 'Granny Smith' apple is famously portrayed on the logo of Apple Records, a record label that publishes music by The Beatles.)