roasted applesauce

 

There are certain foods that don't seem worth the effort to make yourself.  Like butter, bread, croutons, mashed potatoes...and smooth applesauce.   Last year, my mother-in-law gave me this thing that she used to make mashed potatoes and applesauce.  It's not a ricer and I think it has a french name...it's a big cone-shaped thing that sits on a stand and has a wooden cone-shaped stick that you use to press the food.  Anyone know what it is called? Anyone?

Thanks to Anna for the correct name...it's a chinois (knew it was french!)

The idea is that you cook the apples until they are soft and then put the whole apple into it and the core, skin, and seeds stay in the cone and the applesauce gets sifted out.  Fun for the kids...a pain in the butt to me.   But, in general, I will sacrifice convenience at certain times of the year...like Thanksgiving.  

I made a Martha Stewart recipe for roasted applesauce last year and it was worth the effort.   It smells good, tastes good, and you can make it ahead.  Plus, it was something that the kids are still talking about and makes a nice little family tradition...it's a keeper that I plan to make every year.

The pictures are from a cute recipe book that I got at our church garage sale at the end of October...so cute and fall-like (and I have no idea why they are so large...same camera settings, same width in typepad...it's a mystery).

I want to thank everybody for the birthday wishes and grey hair "support".  My 7-year-old taught me how to use photo booth and I took pictures of myself and added it to my About link (nothing else there yet but it's on my list).  

Comments

[Thimbleanna]

What a cutie you are! I think that thing is called a chinois or something like that (if you search "chinois" on Amazon, you'll see if it looks like yours.) I didn't know you could make mashed potatoes with it though -- I thought they were for making smooth sauces and gravies!

[farmerjulie]

Hi Jane!
That looks good. think I will have to try that. I have know idea what that thingy is! hope you find out soon!
Julie

[mary]

Hi, Julie!
You're so pretty! I like your hair!

I have one of those strainer things too. It was handed down to my from my mother in law too. I make applesause with it. I think it's kind of neat looking~vintage,

mary from PA

[Lorilee]

I have have a chinois that belonged to my mom. I use it to strain cooked Wild Mustang Grapes to make grape jelly.
Blessings,
Lorilee

[Natalie]

I rarely get around to it, but I am always pleasantly surprised when I make applesauce... it's so worthwhile!

[Judy]

We use one all the time for applesauce but never knew the name of it. I'm always learning something on someone's blog :)
I remember that book. Tho I can't remember why. I'm thinking my mother might have had it.

[Linda Crispell]

Crazy delicious is always worth the trouble.
Linda

[elissa Finger]

that cook book is, pardon the pun, delicious!!!! forget the food, i could eat up the pics.... you are a magnet for this stuff!

[Mercedes DiRenzo-Bolduc]

I love old cookbooks. We have several hundred. I never tire of looking at the wonderful pictures of what it should look it after it's been made ~ Mercedes

[Mercedes DiRenzo-Bolduc]

Hi
Love old cookbooks ~
Mercedes