Fruit

Stewed apple

With care — Allowed by some hospitals and not others, or allowed only prepared a particular way.

A turned-out panna cotta on a plate next to a spoonful of pale stewed apple compote. — A photograph from Vanilla panna cotta with stewed apple, one of the recipes that uses it.

How to prepare it

Peel it, core it, and deseed it. Stew it until soft.

Recipes using it

Swaps

Instead of Fresh berries, use Stewed peeled apple, tinned pears or peaches, or ripe banana: Berries carry their seeds right through the fruit, so this diet swaps them for fruit that has none, such as stewed apple or ripe banana.

Sources

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics — Low Fibre Diet (Low Residue Diet), DIET-002 v2