In the hot season, soft drinks become very popular . They can be easily prepared at home. By combining different ingredients, you can get very unusual results.
So, we will consider several options for what you can make drinks from apples.
Compote
Stewed fruit from these fruits will certainly become a favorite for every member of the family. In addition, it is very easy to prepare.
In order to make it tasty and saturated, you need to take a pot of purified cold water (1700 ml) and put it in a boil over high heat. While the water is boiling, it’s time to prepare the apples (4 medium-sized ones): they must be peeled and core, then cut into large slices and sent to boiling water. As soon as they are in the pan, immediately reduce the heat to medium. After five minutes of cooking, sugar (individually) and sliced lemon (quarter) are added to the compote. After that, continue cooking for another quarter hour. If there is a desire to leave the slices intact, in this case the compote is removed from the fire 10 minutes after adding the lemon.
In order for the finished drink to acquire a rich taste, it must be allowed to infuse under the lid.
Apple lemonade
The main ingredients of this drink are apple, lemon and ginger. For its preparation, a couple of apples should be peeled and peeled and, without cutting into small slices, pour two liters of cold purified water. Here you must add the zest, taken from one lemon, as well as ginger root cut into thin circles (50 grams). In this composition, the ingredients should be darkened over a fire until boiling, then reduce the power of the fire to the "minimum" mode and continue cooking for another 10 minutes.
While preparing the main part of the future drink, it's time to start making juice, which is extracted from lemon.
Once the lemonade is ready, it must be cooled at room temperature, and then add lemon juice. In the finished drink should be added 4 tablespoons of sugar, which can be replaced with honey - so the taste will be even more intense.
Such an apple drink can be served with ice in glasses.
Ginger drink
The original version of the summer drink may be apple ginger. To prepare it, a minimum amount of ingredients is required.
To prepare a drink with an apple and ginger, you need to take two large juicy apples and a lemon. Of these fruits, you should carefully squeeze the juice using a juicer. In a blender, grind a couple of centimeters of ginger root and add it to freshly squeezed juice. To these ingredients you need to add a tablespoon of granulated sugar and mix thoroughly the resulting mass until the grains are completely dissolved.
The finished drink should be filtered and add 0.5 liters of soda to it, after which it should be cooled. Serve this drink from apples and ginger should be with ice cubes.
Spiced drink
This type of drink can be prepared both in cold and in hot form. At the exit, a drink from an apple with cinnamon turns out to be spicy and unusually tasty.
In order to cook it, you need to take half a juicy apple and cut it into thin slices. Then a cinnamon stick is added (it is a stick, not ground). These ingredients should be poured with a liter of hot water and, covered with a lid, allowed to infuse for some time (if you need a hot drink - 10 minutes, and if cold - until completely cooled).
Fat Burning Ginger Apple Drink
The beneficial fat-burning properties of ginger have long been known. That is why those who are on a diet with the goal of losing weight, it is recommended to pay attention to the recipe for a drink of apples with ginger.
To prepare it, you should take five medium apples and make small but deep cuts on each of them. In an empty pan, add notched fruits, 50 grams of thin circles of ginger root, as well as the zest of one medium lemon. These ingredients should be poured with two liters of hot water and cook for three minutes. For spice, you can add a stick of cinnamon to the pan. Once the drink with the apple, ginger and cinnamon has cooled, it should be filtered and added to it in advance squeezed juice from one lemon (from which the zest was removed) and the desired amount of honey.
Kissel
From distant childhood, many are familiar and love the taste of jelly. So why not make this apple drink?
To prepare it, wash and peel 4 small apples and boil them in a small saucepan (1.5 liters of water) until soft. Ready fruits are ground in mashed potatoes and returned back to boiling water, where half a glass of sugar should also be added.
In a separate bowl, dilute 3.5 tbsp. tablespoons of starch until it is completely dissolved and, gently stirring the entire cooking mass, pour a thin stream into the pan. Now you need to wait for the moment when the jelly boils. After that, it must be removed from the stove and cool. In order to make the taste of the finished jelly more saturated, you can add a small amount of lemon juice to it.
Apple Banana Smoothie
Incredibly tasty and popular apple and banana drink, which can be easily prepared and enjoyed with pleasure for health benefits.
You should start by freezing one banana, which is previously cut into circles. While the banana is in the freezer, it is necessary to wash and peel the two middle apples from the cores and skins, and then cut them into slices. After that, wash and dry 150 grams of spinach. You should also finely chop a small amount of ginger root (10 grams).
All of these ingredients should be immersed in a blender. To them must be added a frozen banana, a glass of almond milk, as well as 4 teaspoons of honey. Ice is also added here - 100-150 grams. All ingredients should be thoroughly ground in a blender until a uniform mass of green is formed. Smoothie is ready. It is recommended to use the finished drink immediately after preparation.
Stewed raspberries and apples
Incredibly aromatic and tasty, a compote is cooked from apples and raspberries.
To prepare it, you need to wash and peel 200 grams of apples, cut into small pieces and simmer with a glass of water over low heat. As soon as the fruits become soft and gradually begin to acquire a puree-like consistency, they should pour two liters of cold purified water into them and bring to a boil.
Now is the time to sugar the berries. Grind 200 grams of raspberries with the desired amount of sugar (how much is needed for the compote's sweetness) and let it brew until the compote cools down.
As soon as the compote is cold, half a glass of wine and juice squeezed from half of one lemon are added to raspberries. The mass should be brought to uniformity, mixing thoroughly. After that, raspberries with wine should be sent to the pan with the cooled compote, stir well and strain.
Compote can be served.