Apple juice for the winter
Prepare apple juice for the winter can bein several ways. In the presence of sokovarki preparation of apple juice for the winter is greatly simplified. The use of the electric juicer also makes the task easier. But in the absence of all these appliances to prepare apple juice for the winter - not a problem.
How to prepare apple juice for winter at home?
Apple juice for the winter can be cooked practicallyfrom any apples, but the most delicious juice will still come from summer apples of sweet varieties. Sour apples are often more succulent than sweet apples, but the juice made from them is usually too tart, to improve its taste it is necessary to add a large amount of sugar.
Juice can be obtained from apples using a juicer, sokovarki and manually.
For the preparation of juice using electricjuicers, apples should be cleaned of seeds and cut into slices, the size of which is determined by the size of the opening of the juicer. After spinning, the electric juice extract produces filtered apple juice without pulp.
In the sovochark apples are treated with steam, soin this juice there is always an admixture of water. But the juice itself is very light and clear, even cleaner than in a juicer. Well, the fact that the juice processor does not need electricity makes it particularly convenient for use in the country and in the garden. Prepare apples for sokovarki in the same way as for an electric juicer, but slices can be made larger - average sized apples can be cut into quarters.
Squeezing juice manually - the oldest and mostlaborious way of processing apples. For the preparation of apple juice by hand for winter, the fruits must be grinded in a meat grinder or grated. Then the apple puree is wrapped in three layers of gauze and squeeze the juice, gradually twisting it. In this juice there is always a little pulp, many like it.
On a note! If for the preparation of apple juice for the winterUsed sokovarka, then no additional heat treatment of the juice is not necessary, it is already fully ready for storage. Juice obtained by hand and cooked in an electric juicer, it is necessary to additionally boil.
Apple juice for the winter
In this recipe, we will tell you how to prepare for storage apple juice, obtained by hand or with the help of an electric juicer.
Necessary ingredients:
apples
sugar
Step-by-step instruction:
Prepare apples: wash, cut into pieces, remove the seeds, if necessary, grate.
Squeeze the juice from the prepared apples by hand or using an electric juicer.
If you are not comfortable with the fact that there is a lot of pulp in the juice, filter it through the gauze sieve lined with gauze.
Drain the apple juice in an enamel saucepan and add sugar to taste.
Attention! The amount of sugar in the recipe is not indicated, sinceit depends on your preferences and on what kind of apples you make juice. When cooking, taste the juice. If apples are sweet, you do not need to add sugar at all.
Put the juice on medium heat and gradually bring it to a temperature of 90-95 ° C, that is, almost to a boil.
On a note! You can determine the desired temperature withoutthermometer. Look closely at the surface of the warming juice. As soon as you notice that from the bottom of the pot to the surface begin to stretch thin strings of small bubbles - it's time to turn off the juice, it has reached the desired temperature. If you overstrain the juice on fire and allow it to boil, your procurement risk to end up without most of the vitamins.
During the heating several times, remove the foam formed on the juice surface.
Finished apple juice immediately pour into pre-sterilized warm cans or bottles and roll them with boiled lids (cover boil for at least 10 minutes).
Turn the jars of juice on the blanket-covered surface and wrap them on top. In this form, the banks should slowly cool down, this will take a day. Then remove the juice for storage.
Read also the recipes of the soaked apples for the winter.
How to cook apple juice for the winter in a juice cooker: a video recipe.
If you need to get juice from a largethe number of apples, it will be convenient to do this with the help of sokovarki. Since the juice from the juice maker does not require additional heating, you can express it directly into the jars and roll them as they fill.
Bon Appetit!
