How to Choose the Best Apple for Baking, Cooking, & Eating - Kitchen Conundrums with Thomas Joseph

Some apples are best in desserts, others in salads. And some are just meant to be eaten out of hand. But with so many varieties of apples available, choosing the one best suited to your recipe can be overwhelming. Thomas has taken the guesswork out of this process by organizing the apples into two major categories: firm and tender.

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How to Select the Perfect Apple - Kitchen Conundrums with Thomas Joseph

[Sweetysalado]

I have made apple pies with Gala apples for years and my pies always come out amazing. They're not too sweet, not too tart and don't dissolve during baking at all. 

[Hunnie_B]

My family loves all time fav for an apple pie is the granny smith, thanks for the heads up Thomas.

[ecl]

your devotion to your work is tremendous...thank you for

[Submersed]

I like softer apples in apple pie and firmer apples to eat plain. Who wants crunchy apples in an apple pie... you need a cobbler to have mushy apples

[juke]

I never knew I needed this video... is a pinky lady apple in the firm-tart category?

[sairamnagarajan]

How about a video on picking the right kind of potato?

[pamhc]

what a great tutorial!  thank you so much!  the microwave test is great to know! 

[Sochilinda]

Since I grew up in a tropical weather were apples are always imported and till now I've never seen an apple tree in my life, any apple for me will always be just an apple haha.

[katyeproctorfreelon]

Thanks. It would be great to see a chart! :)

[harrypotterfreak]

Granny smith is one of my favorite apples to eat "out of hand" so I don't fit into your suggestions lol

[travismachado]

Thankyou very much. That was a lot of help to me.

[iskrem]

Firm sweet ones are my favorite! I often eat them without any preparation.

[YTMe]

Great tutorial Thomas, thank you. Have you done one on how to cut up and cook pumpkins?

[aelainet]

I love the Kitchen Conundrum series! On an unrelated apple topic, can you give us any ideas on how to cook eggplant?  From my stir frying eggplant experiences, I've learned that eggplant absorbs a lot of oil and it can be really hard to infuse flavor into the eggplant.  Are there any other ways to cook eggplant rather than deep frying or covering it in cheese like an eggplant parmesan?  

[dynamicworlds]

Gaila are my favorite as a middle of the road apple. They're sweet, but with a hint of tart (unlike a lot of sweet apples) and I use them for baking.

Sure they get soft, but you should be making an apple crisp instead of using a normal pie crust anyway, so you want to get a nice soft inside.

Mixing types isn't bad, but if you're going to buy a bag of just one apple, Gaila all the way.

[blackwunk]

saying it's okay for me using a HONEYCRISP and GRANNY SMITH mix for baking an Apple Pie from scratch?

[nyworker]

I think it all depends on how long you cook for the pastry required, whether you pre cook the apples, how much sugar you add,

[neetynayd]

wow... there are so many of them!!! I only know Fuji apple.. since I lived in a tropical country, fruits are imported... and fuji apple is the cheapest and i forgot another apple that i saw but idk it... thanks for the video

[KittyFlorido]

Hi Thomas! A question for you, how do you care for bamboo or wooden cutting boards? And what's your favorite kind? Thanks :D 

[laurabiscaro]

Thomas, can you show us how to make a good apple sauce? since we're already in the apple vibe lol