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Foraging Crabapple
Small, tart apples. Great for jelly and cider blends.
What to do with it
- Too tart raw — cook them
- Cook into a rosy jelly
- Roast whole as a garnish
Ways to keep it
- Crabapple jelly
- Cider blend (ferment)
- Spiced crabapple pickle (vinegar)
- Dry
About Crabapple
Malus ( or ) is a genus of about 32–57 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated orchard apple, crab apples, and wild apples. The genus is native to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere.
From Wikipedia.
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