I'm on a roll today, surprising what you can get done when you stay home for a day! I've been boiling cider all morning, the house smells like New England in autumn! Now, if your like I was, thinking what the heck is boiled cider? It's also known as apple molasses, a thick syrup made by boiling down apple cider. I first seen this in a cooking catalog and thought it was pricey and why did I need it? After further research, I discovered it's the secret ingredient in all apple baking, plus it's wonderful over warm biscuits, scones or cake, ice cream too! So, I set out to buy a gallon of apple cider, since it takes ALOT of cider to get the syrup. Then I looked on Pinterest and found a easier recipe from Mid West Living, so that's what I'm sharing today, along with their photo, since my cider is cooling.
8 cups apple cider
6 qt. dutch over pan, not aluminium
Bring apple cider to a good boil. Reduce heat to med and simmer 2 hours, stirring now and again. Remove from heat and cool slightly before pouring into clean screw top jar. Keep in refrigerator for up to 3 months. A must use is in apple pies!!
Now, we all know that boiled cider does exist and I'm glad it does, I can't wait to add it to my apple pies at Thanksgiving! More pumpkin recipes next post!
I've been doing this for years and years. I call it "apple essence" and I drizzle 2 T. over my apple pies before I put the top crust on. No one can figure out why my apple pies are soooo good - I told them I have a secret ingredient and if I told them, I'd have to kill them :-) Also, I've found it keeps in the fridge almost indefinitely! I also found that it really doesn't seem to matter whether you simmer it for 2 hours, or just cook it at a faster boil - then it's done sooner. I've done it both ways!
ReplyDeleteGood to know Nadine!! Most recipes call for boiling 5-6 hours, that's crazy! So I went with the recipe that only took 2 hours but your right, it can be made alot faster or in a crockpot too! Please don't kill me, now that I know your secret! lol
ReplyDeleteYum, yum, yum! It really does add such a fantastic flavor to apple pies!
ReplyDeleteHello Sue, I am going to try this!
ReplyDeleteJust put cider on my shopping list.
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Bet that did smell good Sue! I can imagine it will really add alot of flavor to an apple pie... MMMMM it's gonna be yummy!!!
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