Turn your apple harvest into a refreshing, homemade, Sweet Apple Cider! This simple recipe lets you capture apples' crisp, natural sweetness in every bottle. The fermentation process gives the cider a delightful fizz, making it a perfect treat for any occasion. With just apples, sugar, and lemons, you can easily create a flavourful beverage that celebrates the best of your orchard. Enjoy the taste of fresh apple cider all year and make the most of your harvest with this fun, rewarding recipe
Ingredients
- 1.5 kgs of apples (any apples or crabapples)
- 5 litres of water boiled and cooled
- 1 kg white sugar
- 3 lemons, zest and juice
Instructions
- Place apples in plastic bag and put in the freezer for three days.
- Take the apples out, thaw, then put into a blender and puree.
- Put this pulp into a clean 10 litre plastic bucket and add the water.
- Cover with a tea towel and leave for seven days stirring morning and night.
- Then strain through a muslin cloth, discard pulp and pour liquid back into the bucket.
- Add sugar, lemon zest and juice and stir.
- After a day it will start fizzing as the natural yeast converts the sugar into alcohol.
- After the fizzing has died down, strain and pour liquid into plastic screw top bottles (old fizzy bottles are good).
- Leave for at least a week before drinking.
- Chill bottle first and ease the lid off slowly allowing about 10 minutes to release enough gasses so that you can pour it. Makes 8-9L. Caution: Unsure of alcohol content
