The apple, like the pear, is another of those fruits that we can enjoy almost all year round but it is in winter when we consume it more often because it is a season poorer in fruits than spring. and the summer.
However, eating apples often should be a rule to follow if we follow the saying 'If you want a healthy life, eat an apple every day'. We should rather apply this saying to the fact of eating fruit daily, we already know, the five pieces of fruit and vegetables a day. Of course in Recetín We do not stop offering you ideas for exquisite fruit and vegetable recipes.
Of course the apple has to have something when The apple tree is the most cultivated fruit tree in the world. Having been a symbolic fruit throughout history, the apple is one of the oldest fruits with which man has been fed, as there are data on its consumption in prehistory. Closer to our time, the apple was introduced to the peninsula by the Romans and the Arabs and today, Spain is one of the main producing countries, focusing the cultivation in the regions of Catalonia Aragón, La Rioja and Navarra.
Although there are more than a thousand varieties of apple, in the market we usually find some guys like the Granny Smith, the Pippin, the Golden, the Starking or the Royal Gala. Each varies according to its weight, shape, the different colors of the skin (green, red, yellow and bicolor), texture (sandy, fleshy, crunchy, etc.)
or flavor (sweet or sour, more or less aromatic).
The apple is one of those fruits that should be handled as little as possible to avoid bumps that begin to ugly and put the fruit in poor condition, so in the market we will look at smooth pieces without stains, although it is true that there are varieties that present brown spots of rough texture in themselves, such as pippin. The apple is one of the fruits that is best preserved, in the refrigerator it lasts several weeks, depending on the variety.
From a nutritional point of view, the apple it is one of the most complete and enriching fruits in the diet. 85% of its composition is water, so it is very refreshing and hydrating. In addition to sugars, most of it fructose, the apple is a source of vitamin C, E, provitamin A and fiber. Among its mineral content, potassium stands out. The extraordinary dietary properties attributed to this fruit are largely due to the antioxidant elements it contains, such as flavonoids and quercetin.
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