It’s that time of year again! This year, I got 6 boxes of nice big juicy apples – much bigger than the ones I got last year. We spent our weekend processing: we made one batch of applesauce, one batch of apple pie filling, several batches of apple juice, and this year we tried a few new things.
First, I wanted to see how my dehydrator would work on them. These are not your typical apples like what you would buy at the store. They are quite sweet and tasty, but their texture is much softer, sometimes more like Styrofoam even. Bryan bought me a special tool to more easily core the apples after I peeled them. Then I sliced them into “O” rings and loaded up the treys. I must say, they are pretty tasty! I took them on a hike the other day, and they got some good reviews from my fellow hikers.
Second, we are attempting to make Hard Apple Cider – you may recall an earlier post about that. Sadly our first attempt was a total failure. It was completely undrinkable, so we poured the whole batch down the drain. We determined that it may have been because you’re not supposed to cook the apples before fermenting them – so we bought a fancy Apple Press and tried that out instead of our regular juicer, which operates on hot steam. What a MESS that was! The darned thing barely worked, and that was only after he jerry-rigged it using spare parts found in our garage. That press got a scathing review on Amazon, let me tell you! But we did manage to get enough juice to try the hard cider again. We have it bubbling away on the back counter as we speak, fermenting and doing great. I have high hopes for this batch!
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