The other day when I posted It’s Apple Cider Season, Folkwoman asked:
I’m wondering – if you seed the apples, would the remaining stuff make a good applesauce once you’ve strained it for cider? Do you ever do anything with it?
I did not throw the scraps away after I strained the juice. I could use them for something! I put them in the fridge until I thought on it. I was too excited to drink a Hot Caramel Cider that night.
The pulp was quite dry, I squeezed the bejeezers out of it in the muslin. I don’t think that could be used for applesauce whatsoever.
What I did though was put it through my Foley Mill to separate the good from the bad. There wasn’t much there so I didn’t pull out my electric juicer with all the parts.
Good, strained stuff separate from the junk (apple peels and seeds, orange peels and seeds). Then it was heading for the Excalibur. I’m using the dehydrated junk stuff for potpourri filler.
For the good stuff, I rolled it thin in between pieces of wax paper.
Then dehydrated it. Not exactly sure how long it was in the Excalibur, I had apples and oranges drying at the same time and it was done long before either of those.
When it came out of the dehydrator, it reminded me of handmade paper–thin and papery.
Then I put it through the spice grinder.
Now I have apple cider powder–to add to my Instant Oatmeal!
Cindy blogs at Our Life Simplified.
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Sonia says:
Now that is just too nifty!! Love the idea of apple cider powder. OK..I am now going to have to try that. 🙂
On October 18, 2011 at 4:48 am
kellyb says:
CindyP,
You amaze me. I would never have thought to dry the cider pressings. Now I need to go make some cider and then oatmeal….my tummy is getting hungry.
On October 18, 2011 at 6:55 am
Robin from Rurification says:
Girl! You are so clever! I thought the potpourri thing was a great idea, but the apple cider spice thing – Brilliant!
On October 18, 2011 at 8:06 am
Kathi N says:
You think of everything!
Thank you for your big brain.
On October 18, 2011 at 9:20 am
lisabetholson says:
Cindy P. aka wonder woman in the kitchen. I wish you had posted this a week or so ago before I threw my left over pumpkin grindings to the chickens, who didn’t like it much I might add. Hot pumpkin latte, hot pumpkin chai tea??? What else, I thought maybe you were going to make fruit leather from it until it came out of the dryer.
When you do that isn’t it technically pumpkin flour?? Could you bake with it if you add it to maybe cake flour? You should be able to add it to any baking and make it apple. I guess I have to remember you are using apples, not pumpkin. Now where can I get some pumpkin free?????????????
On October 18, 2011 at 10:31 am
tonyame says:
I love reading this blog. It’s my favorite but I did want to warn you about the apple seeds containing a cyanide compound. Learned this in college. Not sure if it was a half or whole cup that was deadly but remember my prof. getting really excited about telling us and thinking that it was odd. By the way, did I mention I LOVE this blog?
On October 18, 2011 at 11:44 am
rileysmom says:
When we lived near a cider mill, they told us the deer liked the leftover pulp from the cider press.
On October 18, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Shabbysewer says:
Wow, Cindy you are amazing! This was a great idea, thank you for sharing this. I will now think twice before throwing out peels and pulp.
On October 18, 2011 at 1:02 pm
whaledancer says:
That should also ramp up the water-soluble fiber in your oatmeal. What a good idea.
Hmm, I like to cook steel-cut oats in my crockpot. I make a big batch and freeze it in containers that hold a week’s worth. It reheats in the microwave without getting gummy the way rolled oats can. I bet you could add the pulp to that without dehydrating it first.
On October 18, 2011 at 2:23 pm