Comments on: 04/16/14 – Apple Peels

By: Frith Ra

Frith Ra — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:25:45 +0000

I have a food mill which I use for the apple sauce, but if I want the apple peels in something I have been known to use a [gasp!!] blender. Though the hand cranked meat grinder (which I’ve never used for meat) also comes in handy on occasion.

In fact, I have a sesame nut dip I need to make for Friday. I usually run the nuts for that through the grinder; with all of the other ingredients to save mixing time.

Never tried to grind coffee that way. :/

By: christopher

christopher — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:21:53 +0000

Coffee and pie go well together, but I’m not so sure about coffee pie. :)

By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:19:18 +0000

@christopher–that’s close enough, thanks! :) I make my pies that way too, actually; I follow a recipe for the crust, but I just toss in whatever sounds good for the filling. It usually works out well! @Muzhik–I’d recommend either a blender or a food processor, personally, though I imagine just using a knife would work; on a semi-related note, a cheap coffee grinder earmarked especially for non-coffee purposes is a great thing to have… The earmarked for non-coffee purposes is important, though; coffee oils are persistent, and otherwise you end up with everything tasting like coffee.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:30:29 +0000

Do you want cross contamination? That’s how you get cross contamination.

By: christopher

christopher — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:18:39 +0000

Well, you can simply mince them I suppose.

By: Muzhik

Muzhik — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:13:48 +0000

Now I just need to figure out how to grind apple peels when I don’t have a grinder.

By: christopher

christopher — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:44:38 +0000

@Mel, I’m afraid i don’t specifically. I actually haven’t made a pie in an age. Generally I’d just throw in some sugar and maybe a little flour (or corn starch or some thickener) with the apples, then throw in blended apple peels, and mix.

By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:53:34 +0000

Do you have an actual apple pie recipe in which you use the peels in this way? It sounds kinda awesome.

By: Gale

Gale — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:47:29 +0000

Triterpenoids… Three terrapins in … a noid?

Yeah, yeah, I looked it up :D