Appelmoes (Dutch Applesauce)

The Dutch love eating applesauce (or appelmoes as they call it) as a condiment with their main course. It’s very much part of the everyday family meal in Holland.

Applemoes (Dutch Applesauce)

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Applemoes is a popular "condiment" with main meals for both young and old Kids favourite dish in Netherlands is kip met patat en appelmoes (chicken with fries and applesauce)

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Christmas dish, Sauce

Cuisine Belgian, Dutch

Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

  

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• 8 apples around 1kg
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/4 cup water
• cinnamon stick

Instructions

 

• Peel the apples and chop them into chunks. Sprinkle them with some lemon juice to prevent the browning and put them in big pot.
• Add a few cups of water depending on your size pot. Basically, put the apples in a few centimeters of water.
• Cover and simmer the apples until they become fully cooked, occasionally sprinkling sugar over them.
• Leave it chunky or smash it slightly to create a finer texture. Taste and adjust the sweetness or the flavor of cinnamon as preferred.

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