Soaked apples, a recipe with photos of which we will consider in our article, are an undeservedly forgotten snack that few housewives procure for the winter. Try to make them once, and this homemade salting will forever be among your favorites. If a large harvest of juicy fruits has ripened on the garden plot, or you bought a couple of buckets of antonovka or
white filling in the market, it's time to take our recipe for
soaked apples at home as a basis to serve a delicious, slightly sour snack for meat in winter or just eat them So. For cooking, you will need fruits of acidic or sweet-sour varieties, dense, without dents or other flaws.
A simple recipe for soaked apples at home
For cooking, you can use a barrel or a wooden tub, and if you do not have them, just take a few three-liter cans. For 6 kilograms of apples you will need:
- 200 g of granulated sugar;
- 50 g of table salt;
- leaves of black currant or cherry.
Put the bottom of the tub or dishes where you are going to wet the apples with blackcurrant and cherry leaves, lay a layer of fruit firmly on top, then again the leaves and so on. Then pour apples with specially prepared brine. Boil 5 liters of water with the specified amount of sugar and salt, then cool and pour fruit to the top. Keep in mind that in the early days, apples will absorb a lot of water, so monitor its level and periodically add the marinade. When the absorption of the liquid stops, it is necessary to put oppression on the tub from above (it can be a wooden circle or a regular inverted plate, on which you need to put a jar of water on top) and place it in a warm room. After a few days, the apples will begin to ferment. Remove surface foam. After the fruit, you can put it in sterilized three-liter jars, cover with lids and put in a dark, cool place. Canned food will be ready in about 1 month. The recipe for soaked apples at home can be changed a little, adding other ingredients to taste, for example honey or cinnamon, a handful of cranberries or lingonberries. One way or another, in the winter, you and your family will really enjoy slightly sour soft summer fruits.
Recipe for soaked apples with honey
If you use this particular method of preparation, you will get wonderful fruits with a delicate taste that has a light shade of honey. For canned food for the winter, take:
- apples - how much will go, but not less than 6-8 kg;
- 12 liters of water;
- 2 cups (650 g) of honey;
- 100 g of salt.
Put apples in a tub or in banks tightly and fill with brine: boil the indicated amount of water for it, add honey and salt. Before pouring into cans, cool the liquid a little. And now, as in the previous recipe, first place the dishes with fruits in a warm place, and when the apples begin to ferment, remove the foam from the surface and add brine. After 3-4 days, close the lids and place in a cold place. Delicious fruits will be fully prepared in a couple of months. Beginning housewives will be able to master such a recipe for soaked apples at home to please their family with old Russian pickles.