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APPLE PIE MADE WITH APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE SKIN

APPLE PIE MADE WITH APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE SKIN

Chayote - Select fresh-looking chayote with skin you can pierce with a fingernail.It turned mock apple pie filling into a sweet indulgence without refined sugar. Thus, I switched to maple syrup and unsweetened frozen concentrated apple juice. Two of our best recipes besides pie that include chayote are Sambar Indian Lentil Soup and Crunchy Raw Chayote Salad.

It has such a pleasant, mild flavor that it can be eaten raw or cooked in everything from pickles and stir-fry to dessert. You can find out where choko comes from, how it grows, and the different ways it's eaten right here on the blog by checking out this link to the chayote plant.

Versatile filling makes pies, cobbler, crisp, turnovers, and dessert topping.Ĭhayote, also called Mirliton squash, vegetable pear, and choko is the fruit of sechium edule, a member of the gourd family.

Raw chayote fruit reacts with acidic foods including apple juice and toughens up if it isn't cooked before adding in these ingredients. Parboil chayote briefly in plain water before making pie filling. Alas for some however the MacDonald's rumor isn't true.

Since chayote has about one-fourth of the carbohydrates of apple, this could be exciting news for low-carb dessert seekers.

In fact, chayote squash, called choko in many regions, makes such a convincing substitute that there are rumors the MacDonald's restaurant chain in Australia used chokos in their hot apple pies. We've had friends and relatives chowing through this faux dessert who didn't even realize they weren't eating apple pie! The filling has layers of tender sliced chayote naturally sweetened with maple syrup, vanilla, and apple juice. Cinnamon Chayote Pie is one of our favorite desserts because it's the best year-round substitute for old-fashioned apple pie.