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Pomegranate Applesauce
This easy fruit applesauce is made with just two ingredients, apples and pomegranate juice. It still packs incredible flavor in the jar!
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 58 min⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Ashley Adamant📖 creativecanning
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●pot
- ●blender
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Prep apples. Wash apples, then peel and core them (or leave peels on if you’ll run the finished sauce through a food mill). Slice and measure 12 cups sliced apples (about 3 lb prepared).
apples (peeled, cored and sliced, see notes)12 cups
2
Cook the fruit. Add apples and 2 cups pomegranate juice to a large, heavy-bottomed pot. Bring to a gentle boil, then reduce to a steady simmer. Cook, stirring often, until the apples are completely soft and collapsing, about 15–⏱️ 25 minutes. If the pot starts to stick, lower the heat and stir more frequently.
apples (peeled, cored and sliced, see notes)12 cupspomegranate juice2 cups
3
Purée smooth. Purée the hot mixture to your preferred texture. A food mill gives the smoothest applesauce (and removes peels neatly), but an immersion blender works too. For canning, make sure it’s a true purée with no large chunks so heat penetrates evenly.
4
Reheat before filling jars. Return the purée to the pot and bring it back to a full boil, stirring so it doesn’t scorch. Keep it hot while you fill jars.
5
Fill jars. Ladle the boiling-hot sauce into hot pint jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Remove air bubbles, adjust headspace if needed, wipe rims, and apply lids and rings to fingertip tight.
6
Process. Process in a boiling-water canner for ⏱️ 15 minutes for pints or ⏱️ 20 minutes for quarts, adjusting for altitude (see notes).
7
Cool and check seals. Turn off heat, remove canner lid, and let jars rest ⏱️ 5 minutes. Remove jars and cool undisturbed 12–⏱️ 24 hours. Check seals, label, and store.
Nutrition Facts
calories
131 kcal
fat Content
0.5 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
5 g
sugar Content
27 g
sodium Content
7 mg
protein Content
1 g
carbohydrate Content
34 g
saturated Fat Content
0.1 g
unsaturated Fat Content
0.15 g
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