Recently on each visit to the allotment I have been greeted by a nest of apples suspended in the net over the brassica patch. I have now cleared the tree of crisp eating apples. There's nothing like a glut to turn everyone off a foodstuff so I decided to try drying them in rings. The first experimental batch got eaten on the same day - hardly the point of preserving them in this way, but no matter, there are plenty enough to satisfy demand. This is batch two.
All you need to do is core and thinly slice your apples (peeled or not depending on your preference) and then lay out the rings straight on the (clean) oven racks with the oven set at the lowest temperature - for a minimum of four hours, even as much as six. Job done.
As you can see I peeled them. Firstly this removed any blemishes and secondly the popular vote after trying both styles was "peeled". I am cooling the rings on bamboo skewers before sealing them in an airtight tin. They just seem so photogenic - to me anyway.
