Not sure what else you can surprise your family with? Make soaked apples. True, in this case, in order to give them a surprise, you will definitely need a certain time, which will take even not cooking, but soaking the fruits.
Soaked apples
First of all, you need to decide which apples you want to soak. Immediately I want to note that for the preparation of apples for this recipe, you need to choose their latest varieties. An excellent choice would be such as Antonovka, Pepin, Anise or Titovka. In the process of preparation, it is important not to forget about the primary processing of apples - they must be washed under running water. If you want soaked apples cooked by you to be tasty, then note that you can not soak low-quality or, worse, rotted fruits.
The soaking process must be carried out in an enameled bowl - a pan or bucket is perfect for this purpose. A wooden barrel is also a good option. In any case, stock up on a considerable amount of cherry and blackcurrant leaves - they will need exactly enough to cover the bottom of your chosen vessel. In addition, they will also go to layering. As soon as you lay the leaves on the bottom, put the first layer of apples. After it is necessary to cover the leaves of cherry and currant. Thus alternate layers of apples and leaves. As soon as you reach the top of the selected dishes, cover the apples with leaves and pour the whole mass with brine, which, following our recommendations, will be very easy to prepare, however, more on that later. And at the moment you need to cover the barrel (or bucket - depending on what you cook soaked apples in) with a napkin and place under the press.
And now a few words about how to prepare a pickle for apples. He cooks very quickly and is not at all cunning. He will need water, the volume of which should be exactly half as much as the volume of apples. Once you have prepared purified water, you should add salt to it. Salt must be taken at the rate of 1 teaspoon per 2 liters of water.
When you have covered apples with oppression, you need to put them in a cool place - there they will acquire the necessary taste and aroma. When will the soaked apples be ready? Not soon…. Not at all soon - a little more than a month should pass for this.
Canned apples
And here is another recipe on how to cook apples in such a way that the dish is a real surprise for the household. Following this recipe, you can cook delicious apples for the winter.
To get started, select only the best fruits. Remember that if you get at least one slightly rotten fruit, it will spoil the taste of the entire contents of the jar. All ingredients are rated at 2.5 kilograms of apples. Before cooking, they need to be washed and dried with a towel. Since at this stage of cooking you need to remove the core from apples, for convenience you can cut them into slices or halves.
Now start preparing syrup for the preparation. It is prepared from 2 liters of purified water - it needs to be put on the stove so that it boils. At the time of boiling, add 0.5 kilograms of sugar and a teaspoon of citric acid to it. In this composition, the mass should boil a little - about two minutes. After that, you need to catch apples from the syrup and arrange them in jars prepared in advance for preservation. In the meantime, you can not turn off the stove - let the syrup boil. Once this happens, you can pour it into jars of apples so that it fills the container to the neck. Roll the jars under the iron cap and, as soon as they have cooled, take them down to the basement before the onset of winter.