I woke up at 6 am, and decided to finally use up the apples that have been quietly going soft in the fruit bowl. I cored, sliced and peeled while watching the new season of The Great British Bakeoff on Netflix. (Which, btw, Rowan on biscuit week saying his coconut macaroons looked “a bit like the cat’s lavatory” totally made my day.) I chopped the apples right into my instant pot, added a cup of water (far too much in hindsight), a fuckton of cinnamon (also maybe too much for most, perfect for me) and some dark brown sugar. Set my IP to 15 min on manual high pressure and let it go. Once it beeped and I released the pressure it was…too liquid. Never one to give up easily, I just popped on the sauté function and let it reduce. What was left was a dark brown gunge that I was scared to taste.
So this is what came out, and you know it looks like dark brown gunge, but it tastes really good. A bit too sweet for how I like apple sauce usually, but perfect on toast. Huzzah! Next time, though I will cut back on the brown sugar and water, heh.
Crickets Are Not Kosher 