Request Seeking culinary advice

My house has an apple tree that gives us a lot of big, sour apples. These apples are not nice to eat. But can be used for cakes. However there are too many to make cakes with. My mom's alternatives are 1 making us eat them 2 making compote
My mom thus makes compote, that is apples+water, stewed till it's melted together. It's very sour. And she serves it with dinner, for breakfeast, for tea time... And I don't like it. It's so sour!! I could add sugar, but mixing it into it isn't really tasty.
Recently, to help my mom, I have been the one collecting the apples and making compote. And if I'm the one to make it, I might as well make it into something I can stomach.

1. I've tried spices. Christmas mix, cinnamon or cardamom. My family aren't fans of it, except vanilla or in small quantities.
2. I've tried adding fresh cream. My mom doesn't like the taste, and says it gets bad faster and it adds fat for nothing. So dairy products are out.

Compote isn't something that sparks my creativity, and I'm running out of ideas. I'd rather not use alcohols. Do you guys have advice to give?
I'm considering stewing the apples in jasmine tea next time. Do you think that would sweeten them?

 

Hmmmm, how about making juice? Or, get plain yoghurt and honey, then add the apples you've diced or however you cut them? I sometimes (well, most times) get hungry and plain yoghurt+additional topping(s) are my saving grace.

 

Try making a shake out of it?
Granted i haven't tried sour apples but maybe try mixing those apples with some bananas and condensed milk, you can swap the bananas with sweet mangoes.

 

Buy a Cold Pressed Slow Juicer.
Then juice the Apples along with Carrot/Beetroot/Spinach/etc.
It is very tasty.
You can use the residue for cakes, breads, scrambled egg, ground meat/minced meat dish, etc.

Personally, I use Kuvings B1700

 

Maybe try adding syrup, but i’ve never actually made compote before (or even heard of it for that matter), so i doubt it’ll actually turn out nicely though… I don’t like eating (or cooking) fruits particularly, but I used to like soaking apples in a little bit of sugared water, just enough to cover the apple’s surface and freezing it in a bag.

 

How about making an apple pickle? Might as well put that sour taste to use.

 

Have you tried making confiture?
I personally am a fan of apple rhubarb confiture.

 

Here are some options if you’d like:

https://wildheartfood.com/what-to-do-with-sour-apples-recipe-for-magic-apple-dessert/

to summarize, you can make them into either

Cider
Pie
Apple butter/jam
Or Applesauce

There’s also a dessert listed in the link. Good luck.

 

soak it with honey, then you can it with honey...or you can make a jam out of them...then you can use the jam for cakes and breads...

 

Apple chips... yum

 

You can try and turn it to cider or alcohol... You can make a business out of it too.

 

The best shake I ever had was at a vegetarian place that used apples, bananas, soy milk, green-blue algae, and a bit of honey. They also closed on Saturday and Sunday nights until they eventually closed their doors; that is hippies for you.

 

IDK how to sweeten a sour apple, but if it's me, I'll cut them, soak them w/ salt water then use them for salad

 

I'd try caramelized apple for that

 

Russian Pastila - an aerated Apple confection, basically marshmallows.

Or if all else fails, plant food. Compost it with other organics, especially lawn clipping and leaves. Better yet, worm food.

 

Apple Jam, apple tart, apple cider, apple juice, apple pudding, etc.

 

Here are some recipes that include main dishes.
https://www.yummly.com/recipes/cooking-sour-apples

 

Everyone made so many great suggestions. I pretty much would have said the same. So I’ll just go with my favorite.
Those top 5 are-
Cider (I know you said you didn’t want a alcoholic idea, but they are my favorite).
Shake/ Smoothie. A combination of apples, bananas and strawberries +
Jam
Juice
Sauce

I wish you luck

 

Thank you for your answers everyone!
I like the idea of pickles, dried apples and freezing apples to use when needed. Seems uncomplicated and I don't have to worry about us not eating it timely. I think I'll try jam too, I don't eat it but my family will. It works for large quantities too.
I made cupcakes with some of the apples. I have a lot of great apple cake recipes, and it's always fun to make. I should look for a cookie recipes, that would stay good longer. Like that Pastila recipe, looks tasty!

 

Glad you've find your answers I don't have anything else to contribute but reading this reminds me of my own issues... But it's guava. They're flowering outside at the moment, oh man, I can already imagine that mountains of more guavas than we know how to deal with. Over time, the trees grow bigger and producing more and more but we still don't really know how to deal with them

The last time we tried to sell, we got about equal to 0.3 usd for ~10 kg of it... simply not worth the effort. We usually give them out to neighbors, and every guest who comes over. But there are just so many we can give to each person... And there are 5 trees in the backyard, the biggest tree happens to fruit the least pleasant-tasting ones so we keep them for ourselves, then the issue persists. Not a small amount ends up getting bad and just got returned to earth. We also left some in the trees for bats, birds, squirrels, probably badgers, or other small animal's dinner.

I still really like this fruit and I can eat a lot, fresh or juiced, but I also have a sense of measure, and sometimes we got fed up just by looking at so many of them. We make them into jam, pretty good solution for preserving long-term and it tastes good a bit like honey with an added sourness, and then use the jam in various baked goods, to spread on bread, dissolving it in water like instant drink or for eating as it is when I feel sad in the middle of the night.

There's still a jar left from the last season and the new season is coming >.<