What Is The Best Apple For Pie?
Granny Smith is my #1 choice, Pippin, Jonagold and Braeburn work well for tarts. To add a little sweetness, you can mix in a Pink Lady, Fuji or Honeycrisp, as these are firm apples. The most important characteristic is the apple should stay firm after cooked. When it comes to sweet versus tart apples, that’s less of a concern as sugar is usually added anyway. Combining two apple varieties results in a richer flavor, but using just the Granny solo is fine. Best Apple for Sauce? MacIntosh, Gold Delicious, Gala, Fuji. They have a nice flavor and get soft relatively quickly when cooked. If you want a tart sauce, use Granny or Pippin. Any apple will really work but the above tend to have a nice flavor on their own. Best Apple to Bake Whole? Red Rome, a.k.a. Rome Beauty, but Jonagold or Braeburn will work too. The Rome is the classic whole baked apple. Conversely, it is no great shakes eaten fresh. Is it a YAM or SWEET POTATO? Botanically, they share nothing. Yams come from the lily family w
