Cider or apple wine has been known to mankind for a long time. The first apple juice cider recipe is associated with ancient Egypt. Modern classic
technology has developed in the culinary traditions of England, France and Spain. As a rule, only a drink without pasteurization and yeast is said to be a real
apple cider. The recipe allows you to cook cider at home, even if you do not have any wine making experience. So, we will consider some techniques.
A simple recipe for making apple cider
You will need juicy and ripe apples, it is best to combine sweet and sour varieties. Do not wash them too thoroughly, just wipe them with a dry cloth. The peel of apples contains microorganisms that play the role of natural yeast. Cut the core of the fruits and chop them. Put in a glass bottle or jar, for each liter of apple mass, adding one hundred grams of sugar and a few raisins. If the fruit is not juicy at all, add one to one. Put on the neck of the container a rubber glove that will block access to oxygen and prevent souring. Keep warm for a week.
By this time, the glove should be tightly filled with gas. Drain the half-cooked apple cider into a clean container. The recipe is no less simple: put the can in the refrigerator for four days, then pour the drink into another bottle so that the rest from the bottom of the can does not get into it. Cork tightly and put away for storage. You can store such a cider for about a year.
Classic apple cider
The recipe for this drink is somewhat more complicated. You will need acidic wild apples of such a degree of ripeness, when the fruits are almost falling from the branches. Squeeze the juice out of them using a juicer, throw the meal out. Fill the juice with two-thirds of the glass bottle with a water lock. The water lock does not allow air to enter the tank, but removes carbon dioxide from it , which occurs during fermentation. In fact, this is an ordinary lid or cork with a tube, which is dipped in a jar of water, so you can make such a device yourself. Put the bottle in the heat for a month, then carefully pour the juice into a clean jar without pouring out the sediment that has accumulated at the bottom. Close the jar with a lid and store for several months. The temperature for storing cider should
be about ten degrees. Bottle the finished cider. A classic apple recipe allows you to store a drink for up to three years. Keep the bottles horizontally, putting them in the refrigerator.
What to drink apple cider with?
The cider recipe generally recommends drinking it chilled to twelve to fourteen degrees. To fully reveal its taste, pour into a glass from a height of about a meter, so the drink will be saturated with oxygen and get rid of excess carbon dioxide. The best cider dishes include shrimp, fried beef, crepes and cheeses. With moderate use, the drink does not have a negative effect on the body and does not cause a hangover.