Editing Apple sauce (section)

==Uses==
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Apple sauce is served as a [[side dish]] in northern Europe and North America. In the United States, packaged apple sauce is primarily branded as a children's snack, and is ubiquitous in school cafeterias. In American cuisine, it is commonly served as [[pork chops and apple sauce]].

American-style apple sauce is not widely available in Britain. An apple [[Fruit preserves|preserve]], containing chopped, not puréed apples, is sold as "apple sauce." In the UK it is typically sold under the name '''apple purée''' and as baby food.

In [[Swedish cuisine|Sweden]] and [[British cuisine|Britain]], it is commonly served with roast pork and goose. The [[Danish cuisine|Danish]] [[æbleflæsk]] combines the pork with apple sauce while cooking it.

[[File:Latkas.jpg|thumb|[[Latke]]s served with apple sauce and sour cream]]
In [[Central European cuisine|Central Europe]] it accompanies [[potato pancake]]s, in the [[Rhineland]] it is served with [[Reibekuchen]]. In [[Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine|Ashkenazi cuisine]], it is the standard accompaniment for [[Hanukkah]] [[latke]]s. It also accompanies [[matzah brei]].
Apple sauce is served with many foods in [[Germanic cuisine]]: [[Flurgönder]] (a smoked brawn), various kinds of [[Spätzle]], [[Schupfnudeln]], [[Swiss cuisine|Swiss]] [[Älplermagronen]], a kind of macaroni and cheese. In [[Dutch cuisine|Netherlands]] and [[Belgian cuisine|Belgian]] cuisine, apple sauce is part of the common dish of chicken, french fries, and apple sauce (''kip, frieten/patat en appelmoes''). It is especially popular among children, who dip their fries in apple sauce.<ref>"The Dutch Table" [https://www.thedutchtable.com/2013/09/appelmoes.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323204718/https://www.thedutchtable.com/2013/09/appelmoes.html|date=2020-03-23}}</ref>

In many cuisines, apple sauce is a common accompaniment to [[blood sausage]]: the [[German cuisine|German]] [[Himmel und Erde]]; the Luxembourgish [[träipen]] and the [[French cuisine|French]] ''boudin noir''. In fact the only French savory dish normally served with apple sauce (''[[compote]] de pommes'') is ''[[boudin]]'' sausage. It is also served with other sausage-like preparations, for example [[goetta]] and [[knipp]].

Apple sauce may also be served as a dessert in most [[European cuisine]]s, or used as an ingredient in [[applesauce cake]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theodora.com/recipies/cakes_and_frostings/applesauce_cake.html |title=Apple sauce Cake, Source: U.S. Department of Defence |work=Theodora's Recipes|access-date= 1 March 2014}}</ref> Apple sauce may be used as a sauce for [[Polish cuisine|Polish]] [[pierogi]], Swedish [[Äggakaka]], [[Ukrainian cuisine|Ukrainian]] [[syrniki]] pancakes, [[Central European cuisine|Central European]] [[Palatschinke]]n, Austrian [[Kaiserschmarrn]] and various kinds of sweet and savory dumplings ([[Knödel]]). In [[Scandinavian cuisine]], it is sometimes served with breakfast [[filmjölk]], a kind of fermented milk.

Formerly heavily sweetened and boiled-down apple sauce was prepared for winter storage. Made with sour apples, it was eaten with meat; made with sweet apples, it was eaten with tea.<ref name="hale">{{cite book|last=Hale|first=Sarah Josepha Buell|title=The good housekeeper: or, The way to live well and to be well while we live : containing directions for choosing and preparing food, in regard to health, economy and taste|year=1839|publisher=Weeks, Jordan|page=[https://archive.org/details/goodhousekeeper00halegoog/page/n85 79]|url=https://archive.org/details/goodhousekeeper00halegoog|author-link=Sarah Josepha Hale|access-date=11 January 2011}}</ref>

In some recipes for baked goods, apple sauce can be used as a substitute for fat<ref name="Reducing Fat in Your Favorite Baked Goods Recipes Wilton.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.wilton.com/blog/index.php/baking-alternatives-reducing-fat-in-your-favorite-baked-goods-recipes/|title=Baking Alternatives - Reducing Fat in Your Favorite Baked Goods Recipes|work=Wilton Blog - Ideas from Wilton|access-date=1 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104224919/http://www.wilton.com/blog/index.php/baking-alternatives-reducing-fat-in-your-favorite-baked-goods-recipes/|archive-date=4 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/low-fat-baking3.htm|title=HowStuffWorks "Ultimate Guide to Low-fat Baking"|work=HowStuffWorks|date=April 2000 |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref> or [[Egg as food|eggs]] to make them low-fat or [[Veganism|vegan]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Julie R. Thomson |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/7-ways-to-substitute-eggs-in-vegan-baking_us_55c2558ae4b0138b0bf4ccb7 |title=5 Ingredients To Substitute For Eggs In Vegan Baking |website=Huffington Post |date=11 August 2015|orig-year=6 August 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Reducing Fat in Your Favorite Baked Goods Recipes Wilton.com"/><ref name="auto2"/>
Bavarian [[Mustard (condiment)|sweet mustard]] may be made with apple sauce, and is typically served with [[Weißwurst]] (similar to ''boudin blanc'') or [[Leberkäse]] (a sort of pâté).