Pickled apples

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to prepare pickled apples for the winter. Prepare the necessary ingredients. Take strong apples, preferably not large ones, very small ones can be pickled whole, cut larger ones into halves or quarters. Choose a firm variety of apples so that they do not fall apart during blanching. Varieties of green apples like “Semerinka” are suitable, I took some Krasnodar sour apples of the new harvest, the variety was not specified.

2. STEP 2

   

   You can pickle apples with vinegar or citric acid. Also choose the spices that you like, this time I took cinnamon and cloves - they are very good in the marinade, as well as some bay leaves, also use salt at your discretion. My apples are small, but a whole lot won’t fit in the jar, so I cut them in half, removed the stems and seed pods.

3. STEP 3

   

   Boil water and blanch the apple halves in boiling water for 2-3 minutes. Drain the apples in a colander.

4. STEP 4

   

   The jars need to be sterilized and the lids boiled. Fill sterile jars with apples, adding a star of cloves and a piece of bay leaf if desired.

5. STEP 5

   

   Pour boiling water over the apples for 5 minutes and cover with a lid. Then pour the water back into the saucepan. You can do this procedure again, I sometimes use a single fill - depending on the condition of the products.

6. STEP 6

   

   While the apples are poured, add sugar, salt, and cinnamon to the saucepan.

7. STEP 7

   

   Drain the water from the jars into a saucepan and bring to a boil, add vinegar, then let the foam settle and wait until the bubbling stops. The marinade is ready.

8. STEP 8

   

   Pour the boiling marinade over the apples in the jars, roll up the lids and turn the jars upside down. Wrap in a blanket and leave until completely cool. Happy harvesting!

Comments on the recipe

Lisa M

15.12.2023

4.8

You get delicious apples. Thanks for the recipe! For the winter, you can close the apples whole.