wacky1980 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Never done this before and I'm not sure why. This house smells goooooooood. So here's what I'm doing: 1 bag gala apples 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 an orange 5 cinnamon sticks 1 tsp whole cloves 1 whole nutmeg 1 tsp allspice Cut up apples and 1/2 orange. Add all ingredients to big pot with 10 cups water. Boil, reduce and simmer covered for 2 hrs. Pull oranges out, peel+mash apples in the pot, simmer 1 more hr. Strain and squeeze juice from pulp. Makes approx 1/2 gallon. If you want to add booze to make it more fun, add 1-2 cups spiced rum depending on strength preference. Bring heat back up to ~160⁰ (don't bring to a boil or the alcohol will boil off first). Enjoy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 Wife says too much clove flavor. She hates cloves, so idk. Tastes pretty good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resurrected Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I was not fond of cloves either, but they add a nice flavor to carnitas. I do bet your house smells good. It's not cold enough for apple cider here yet, but it's some good stuff. Usually around Christmas for us down here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 it turned out pretty good, but there's no way in hell i'm spending that much time to make a half gallon of the shit in the future. double the recipe, at least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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