California Farm Apple Cider

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

Run Golden Delicious or Granny Smith apple peels, cores, quartered, blemished and dropped apples in three pound batches through the tabletop press. Three lbs. of apples make a pint of juice. The left over mash is a special treat for the horses. Ten pounds of apples make one pound of apple syrup. Apple syrup is used to make Sauerbraten dishes.

California Farm Apple Cider

Run Golden Delicious or Granny Smith apple peels, cores, quartered, blemished and dropped apples in three pound batches through the tabletop press. Three lbs. of apples make a pint of juice. The left over mash is a special treat for the horses. Ten pounds of apples make one pound of apple syrup. Apple syrup is used to make Sauerbraten dishes.

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Ingredients

Press time an hour, fermentation 4 weeks
Makes seven pint bottles
  1. 20 poundsblemished and dropped apples, plus fresh cores, peels, 3 lbs. makes a pint
  2. 40 gramscane sugar per pint of juice
  3. 1/4 Tspbrewers yeast per pint of juice
  4. 1/8th teaspoon of dextrose to spike each bottle
  5. Cost
  6. 7 pintsapple cider from 20 pounds of apples, free. If purchased @ $1 a pound, $3 per bottle

Cooking Instructions

Press time an hour, fermentation 4 weeks
  1. 1

    Press apple juice. Cut apples in quarters, remove blemished spots, press till you have seven pints of apple juice. About 20 apples.

  2. 2

    Pasteurize wild yeasts from pressed juice. Put 7 pints of juice in warm oven at 170F, about three hours, to kill the wild yeasts, then turn oven off. Cool below 72F degrees. Mix brewers yeast into cold juice. Stir in 160 grams of cane sugar.

  3. 3

    Pour cold juice in two gallon plastic container, half full to prevent overflowing, put airlock lid on, activate lock with water. Keep container under 72F degrees for four weeks. Check airlock water level weekly. Siphon apple cider into four sterilized pint bottles with reclosable tops after four weeks. Prime each bottle first with 1/8th teaspoon of dextrose sugar to create sprakling juice. Stays fresh for one year. Enjoy.

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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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