Hot
Apple Cider
Alcohol
free with a 'CiderPress' Crabapple Cider Kit!
Turn
these long winter evenings into warm experiences with family
and friends!
Instructions
Equipment
and ingredients needed:
- Crabapple Cider Kit
- 2-3 tablespoons of cloves
- 50 cinnamon sticks
- 6 lemons and 4 oranges
- Plastic pail
- Large stainless steel pot
- Mixing spoon
- 31 wine bottles, plastic corks
The
Crabapple Cider kit consists of:
- One Plastic Pouch of Vinoka Apple Concentrate
- One 500ml bottle of natural Vinoka Crabapple Fruit flavour
mix
- One additive package to make Crabapple Sparkling Cider
(not needed for the Hot Apple Cider)
| Procedure |
| 1) |
With
a vegetable peeler remove fifty 3-inch strips of Zest
from lemons and thirty 5-inch-long strips from the oranges |
| 2) |
Clean
all equipment, sterilize bottles and corks |
| 3)
|
Put
approx. 2 Litres of warm water into the pail, remove
cap from the bag of Apple Concentrate and pour the concentrate
into the pail, add content of the Crabapple Fruit flavour
mix, stir mixture with mixing spoon and fill pail with
water to the 24 Litre mark. Mix thoroughly. |
| 4)
|
In
the stainless steel pot, heat to simmer. (Should your
pot hold 4L only, use only 1/6 of all ingredients and
repeat points 4 to 7 six times. |
| 5)
|
Stir
in cloves, cinnamon sticks, lemon and orange strips
and continue to simmer for 10 minutes. |
| 6)
|
Remove
the ingredients added in point 5 and remove pot from
heat. |
| 7) |
Fill
into wine bottles, let cool down, close bottles with
corks and keep refrigerated. |
| 8) |
Just
before serving, reheat desired amount of cider in a
stainless steel pot over low heat and serve in mugs. |
Also
goes well with an ounce of brandy in your glass.
Enjoy!