The revelation that they were Discovery apples didn’t actually mean a hell of a lot to me, until I did a little surfing. Apparently the pink tinged flesh only occurs under certain weather conditions and it’s fairly unusual.
The Discovery apple is one of the most popular English early apples and according to the info I found, is widely available in the UK in late August and early September, although I guess it all depends on the weather, as it’s now late October and the market still had lots of fresh apples.
These apples are best eaten as fresh as possible, as they’re at their best for a only a few days. They are slightly acidic and reminded me of Russets. When the flesh is pink, they look so beautiful and make great pink apple juice! I wanted to see if the colour would remain through cooking, so I made this lovely apple tart from Epicurious.
Pink Discovery Apple Tart
Ingredients
1 sheet frozen puff pastry,thawed
4 medium sized Discovery apples, peeled, halved, cored, each half very thinly sliced
2 tablespoons sugar - use more or less depending on the sweetness of your apples.
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
4 teaspoons honey
Method
Preheat the oven to 200°C
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll out pastry sheet on lightly floured surface to very thin 18×14-inch rectangle. Cut equally into four rectangles. Transfer each rectangle to the prepared sheet; cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes and up to 1 day.
Overlap slices from 1 apple on to each pastry rectangle, leaving 1/4-inch plain border - you can create a pattern with the apple slices or just pile them into the middle. Sprinkle the apple on each tart with half a tablespoon of sugar, then drizzle with half a tablespoon of melted butter.
Bake tarts until pastry is golden and apples are tender, about 15-20 minutes. Drizzle each tart with 1 teaspoon honey. Transfer tarts to racks; cool 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
As you can see, the apples retained their cheerful pink colour and the tart tasted scrumptious with a dollop of Greek yogurt mixed with a little honey. Hooray for English apples!
Sources
Discovery Apple - Orange Pippin
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