Save the apples! – Act 2
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Les Jardins d'ici
The wonders of growing, eating and sharing fruit
I have just made a kilo of apple puree to start the process I engaged on streetlife.com this morning to save apples in the Southfields area and hopefully beyond.
The comparative test we carried out at the Wimbledon Common Stables Open Day in September provided us with cheerful evidence of taste bud satisfaction.
Got there in the end. Instead of making a fully home-made tart I went to buy an uncooked pastry at the local supermarket, for this recipe to appeal to busy households. Quince glazing optional, can be replaced with something else.
I chose a picture of plums picked a year ago in a Wimbledon garden to make a background image for this blog. Here is the original photo and a quick description of the recipe I used to make jam with them.
‘Tesco estimated that, across the UK food industry, 40% of apples were wasted’ (BBC News, 21 Oct.). Here is what I do with damaged apples. Surely there are large scale solutions!
It took twenty minutes to cook a kilo of them and prepare three different desserts, including an original combination with medlar jam and cream. Photos and full details below.
Pick the pears before they fall and let them ripen for a week or two behind a window. From hard and tasteless, the eating pears below became juicy and sweet.
I have just tried elderberries for the first time, and it may be my last. Some other people have a different view.
We have just passed the middle of the September/October harvesting season and there are many trees loaded with fruit around. The pictures below were taken on 1st October from a single spot in Southfields tube station. Continue reading 
A guide to making and eating fruit compote and puree is available here.
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