unknown Fujita Kanko Apple Pie 18 cm sku-12737824359

This handmade apple pie from Fujita Kanko Apple Orchard in Ibaraki, Japan, is listed under the brand unknown in Shop All Bread and Bakery (SKU sku-12737824359). The whole pie is labeled 18cm, measures approximately 18 cm across and weighs 600g. Its homemade, flaky butter crust holds large pieces of ripe apple, with walnuts and rum-soaked raisins.

A light sponge made with fresh Okukuji eggs adds another texture. Depending on the season, the orchard uses 4-5 tart Kogyoku apples or 2-3 sweet Fuji apples. It is offered for afternoon tea or as a gift. Ingredients are apples from Ibaraki and Aomori Prefectures, butter (contains milk), wheat flour (contains wheat), eggs from Ibaraki Prefecture (contains eggs), sugar, walnuts, vinegar, vegetable oil, honey, raisins, rum, salt, cinnamon, sweetener (trehalose) and antioxidants (citric acid and Vitamin C).

Because delivery is frozen, it can be shipped only to Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. Fujita Kanko Apple Orchard is on a hillside in the Asakawa area of Daigo Town. It has operated for over 60 years and is one of 49 orchards in the region, where the climate and slopes support Okukuji apples. Visitors can relax in its 115-year-old house with a traditional Japanese hearth after picking apples.

The orchard also sells freshly picked apples, handmade pies, freshly baked bread and seasonal products. Its trees blossom in spring, grow green foliage in summer, bear ripe apples in autumn and are pruned in winter. Apple picking runs from late September to November 30th: Tsugaru is available in September; World’s No. 1, Mutsu, Starking and Yoko in October; and Orin and Fuji in November.

The orchard describes its Daigo Town apples as tree-ripened. It lists Facebook and Instagram as social media channels.