Homemade Apple Cider Vinegar Recipe
With just a few apple scraps and some patience, you can create your own delicious apple cider vinegar recipe right at home.
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Equipment
- Wide-mouth mason jar or glass jars.
- Rubber band or twine.
- Coffee filter or cheesecloth.
- Sterilized jar or bottle for the final product.
- A glass or ceramic weight optional
- Apple Corer Peeler Slicer optional
Ingredients
- Apple scraps -cores, peels, slices, chunks
- Raw Honey or Sugar
- Filtered water
- Apple Cider Vinegar optional
Instructions
- Add your apple scraps to your 1 gallon jar. Fill about 3/4 full
- Add your honey or sugar to the jar. About 1/2 cup or less.
- Fill the jar the rest of the way with filtered water. Add a lid and shake to combine
- Remove lid and place a glass weight on top of the apple scraps. Add cheesecloth with rubber band, or a masontops pickle pipe.
- Let ferment for 6 weeks to a few months, stirring regularly, tasting for "doneness" periodically.
- When the taste is to your liking, strain out the apple scraps and bottle into a fresh sterile jar.
Notes
Fermentation time will depend on the temperature of your environment. Warmer temperatures will make fermentation go quicker, while cooler temperatures slow fermentation.
Add a splash of apple cider vinegar into your jar to help inoculate and speed up the fermentation process.
Using sugar will speed the fermentation process. Honey prolongs the process a bit but we much prefer it over sugar.
Servings: 10 people