Empire apple
Malus domestica 'Empire' · Pome fruit
Top 10 pairings
The Empire is a crisp, sweet-tart American dessert apple bred from a McIntosh × Red Delicious cross — a deep, near-solid dark red, round and medium-sized, with snow-white, firm and juicy flesh. It keeps the wine-like McIntosh perfume but trades that parent's softness for a denser, crunchier bite that travels and stores far better.
Picking a good onedrag
UnderripeOverripe
Just ripeBuy itCrisp and balanced — eat it, or bake it
SkinFull colour, faint wax
FleshFirm, no give
StemGreen, attached
SmellFaintly sweet at the stem
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What you get from one
90%
Edible part
182 g · core out
202 g
Weight each
each one
60%
Juice
600 ml a kilo
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 17× longer than the counter.
90–95%
Humidity
Gentle
Airflow