McIntosh apple
Malus domestica 'McIntosh' · Pome fruit
Top 10 pairings
The McIntosh is a tender, aromatic Canadian heirloom apple — deep red blushed over a green ground, with snow-white juicy flesh and a sweet-tart, vinous, almost wine-like flavour. It is wonderful eaten out of hand and a classic sauce and cider apple, cooking down readily into a soft, perfumed pulp.
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