How do you make apple cider?!


Question: How do you make apple cider!?
Need to make tonight for family and Friend on this cold night!. Please Help! If you can tell me your favorite recipeWww@FoodAQ@Com


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"The mulled cider I have come to rely on starts with a 1/2 gallon of apple cider!. Simply pour the apple cider into a large saucepan and allow it to heat up!. While the cider is being heated, prepare 3-5 sticks of cinnamon (or 2-3 tablespoons of ground cinnamon), 2 tablespoons of whole cloves (or 2 teaspoons of ground cloves), and a teaspoon of nutmeg!. Add the spices to the apple cider in the saucepan and cover until simmering!. Then remove the cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes more!.

For some variations, I sometimes will add a small handful of blackberries, crushing them against the sides of the saucepan once they have been simmering for about 15 minutes!. You can also add orange zest, cardamom, or brown sugar if you desire!. Adults can add a cup of rum or a 1/2 cup of brandy to the pot as well if they so desire!.

After simmering, drain the mulled cider through a fine mesh sieve and serve with a cinnamon stick for garnish, or a tiny sprinkle of nutmeg!."Www@FoodAQ@Com

Crockpot Apple Cider

? 8 whole cloves
? 1 (3” long) cinnamon stick
? 1 individual tea bag
? 4 cups apple cider
? 4 cups pineapple juice

Place all the ingredients in a slow cooker; add spice bag!. Cover and cook on low for at least 2 hours!. Discard cloves, cinnamon stick and tea bag before serving!. Do not squeeze tea bag!.
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Hot Mulled Ginger-Spiced Cider

This recipe is prepared in an electric slow coker, freezing up the stovetop!. However, it can be heated in a pot on the stove, if you prefer!.

3 whole cloves
2 (1” x 4”) strips orange rind
2 whole allspice
1 (3”) cinnamon stick
1 (?”) piece peeled fresh ginger
12 cups apple cider
1/2 cup apple jelly
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1!. Place the first 5 ingredients on a 5-inch-square double layer of cheesecloth!. Gather edges of cheesecloth together, tie securely!.

2!. Place cheesecloth bag, cider, jelly and nutmeg in an electric slow cooker!. Cover and cook on HIGH for four hours!. Remove and discard cheesecloth bag!.

Yield: 12 servings!. (1 cup)!.
Calories 174; Fat 0g; Protein 1g; Carb 43!.8g; Fiber, Chol, Iron, Sodium, Calc, all 0g!.

--Cooking Light, Dec!. 2005
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Santa’s Cider

Prep: 5 min!., Cook: 10 min!.
Yield: Makes 9 cups

1 teaspoon whole cloves
1 orange, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
1 (46-oz!.) jar apple juice
1 (12-oz!.) bottle pomegranate juice
1 cup orange juice
Cinnamon sticks (optional)

1!. Insert 4 cloves into white pith of each orange slice!.

2!. Stir together orange slices and juices in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat; cook 10 minutes or until thoroughly heated!. (Do not boil!.) Serve with cinnamon sticks, if desired!.

--Southern Living, DECEMBER 2007
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My mother and I just made some the other night and our guests raved about it!. You just get "regular" apple cider from the store, then put it in a pan!. After doing this, cut an orange in half and poke whole cloves all over each half of the orange!. Put this in along with a whole stick of cinnamon!. You could do half an orange if you would like that better or if you're not a huge fan of cloves!.

This is a recipe that has been a family tradition!.!.!.there are probably others that do it as well!. We usually use Musselman's cider, because it's a really good brand, but I don't think it's out in stores quite yet!. Just get whatever apple cider you can find and do what I explained above!. Make sure that you don't bring it to a boil, because you don't want a burnt taste!.!.!.just enough to get it nice and warm so that the flavors can blend well!

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You take a load of dessert apples and squish the juice out of them in a cider press!. Then you add yeast and ferment for about a month!. Filter and decant into sterilised bottles and leave them for a few weeks to let the sediment settle!.

Cleanliness is important otherwise you end up with vinegar!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Take the lid off the cider bottle and allow to stand overnight!.
Put the lid back on and put it someplace warm (like on top of the refrigerator) for about a month!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Alcohol and Apple JuiceWww@FoodAQ@Com

Tonight! it takes more than one evening sweetheartWww@FoodAQ@Com

Buy some!.
Voila, apple cider!!
Good luck,
you'll need it!!!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

buy some strong bow add sweetnet and apple syrup xWww@FoodAQ@Com

* Knife
* Apple corer
* Blender or food processor
* Cheesecloth
* Container
Step 1: Choose the Apples
Step 2: Prepare the Apples

* Before you begin pressing the apples to get the juice out of them, you'll need to first prepare them!.

1!. Wash all the apples thoroughly!.
2!. Core the apples!. You can do this manually, however, it's much faster to use an apple corer!.
3!. Slice the apples into quarters!.
4!. Put the quartered apples into the blender or food processor and puree them!.
5!. Continue pureeing the apples until they are very finely ground!.7 You will be able to extract more juice from the apples if you attain a very fine ground!.
Step 3: Press the Apples

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A press helps when making large quantities of cider!. (Creative Commons photo by i y e r s)
A press helps when making large quantities of cider!. (Creative Commons photo by i y e r s)
Now that you have cored and pureed your apples, you are ready to press them!.

1!. Place the cheesecloth over the container in which you'll store the apple cider!.
2!. Pour the pureed apples into the cheesecloth!.
3!. Squeeze the pureed apples through the cheesecloth8 and into the container below!.
4!. Apply firm, steady pressure as you squeeze!. This will ensure that you extract all juice possible from the pureed apples!.

* If you are making large amounts of apple cider, you may wish to use a cider press!.9 A cider press is a device with mechanically pulps and squeezes apples, and will extract juice more efficiently than squeezing by hand!.9
Step 4: Store the Apple Cider

* Now that you have extracted all the juice from the apples, your cider is ready to be stored!. If you wish, you can also pasteurize your cider!.

1!. Cover the container with an airtight lid!.10 The cider should not be exposed to air or it will go bad much more quickly!.
2!. Store your apple cider in the refrigerator!. If kept refrigerated, it should stay fresh for about seven days!.11
3!. Pasteurize your apple cider by heating it to 160 degrees Fahrenheit!.12 This will help to kill any bacteria present!. Pasteurized apple cider will stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to three weeks!.
4!. Freeze your apple cider if you won't be consuming it in the near future!. When frozen, apples and apple cider will remain fresh for up to one year!.13

* According to the U!.S!. Food and Drug Administration, pregnant women, elderly people and children14 should not drink unpasteurized apple cider as it may contain bacteria!.

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