How to choose and cook apples
The Haut-Richelieu region is brimming with orchards, each more interesting than the last. To make your search easier, Tourisme Haut-Richelieu has put together this guide.
Are you planning to make a compote or a tart? Or just want to sink your teeth into an apple? Well, here's your official guide to making the right choice.
In a salad
Acidic or sweet, with a pleasant crunch, apples go equally well with lettuce or chicken salads. Here are three types of apples that will complete your salad with brio!
- Ginger Gold
- HoneyCrisp
- Cortland
Cooking
If you're a dessert lover, you should know that there are many possible recipes with apples as the main ingredient. Whether in a crisp, a fritter or a pie, apples are a popular choice! The following apples are sure to satisfy the sweet tooth:
- Lobo
- Spartan
- Cortland
- Ambrosia
Compote
Easy to prepare and store, applesauce can be used as a side dish, dessert or ingredient. Use it to make applesauce cake, or to accompany savoury dishes such as sausage or game. Vegans can also use applesauce as an egg substitute in cake recipes.
- Paulared
- Lobo
- McIntosh
- Freedom
- Golden Russet
To crunch
Who hasn't tasted a freshly picked apple? Sweet or tart, apples are a fruit rich in fiber and antioxidants: ideal for a healthy stomach and brain. Apples are renowned for their crunchiness. Here's our ranking of the 5 best apples to eat raw:
- Jersey Mac
- Sunrise
- Royal Gala
- HoneyCrisp
- Delicious
Cider
Apple cider can be consumed in the morning or evening, aiding digestion and tasting delicious. Health professionals recommend diluting two teaspoons in a large cup of hot water half an hour before a meal. Here's a selection of apples you can use to concoct your own homemade cider:
- Jersey Mac
- Paulared
- McIntosh
- Freedom
- BelMac
- Spartan
- Cortland
- Golden Russet
- Empire
Many orchards also offer their own homemade cider. It's a great way to encourage local producers.
Of course, you're free to use apples as you see fit. This versatile fruit can be found just about everywhere in the Haut-Richelieu region. See our What to do? section for information on the region's orchards.
