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Apple Scraps Cider Vinegar


  • Total Time: 2 minutes
  • Yield: 1 jam jar size 1x

Description



Ingredients

Scale
  • 3 apples worth of peels and cores
  • 1/2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 1/2 cup filtered water
  • sterilised glass jar

Instructions

Jam the apple scraps into the glass jar quite tightly, so loose pieces cant float to the top.

Mix together the sugar and water until dissolved, then pour over apple until completely covered, leaving 2-3 cm at the top of the jar.

Cover with a breathable material, a bit of tea towel is fine and secure with an elastic band.

Place in the pantry and leave for 2 weeks.  You can give it a stir every now and then and skim off any brown scum if it appears.

After 2 weeks remove the apple scraps and place vinegar back into the pantry to ferment a further 2-4 weeks, depending on how tangy you like your vinegar.

Once you are happy with the taste of your vinegar, place an airtight lid on the jar and store in the fridge.  This is a vinegar so will last forever.

Notes

If a gelatinous blob develops on the top of your vinegar, you have created a vinegar “mother”. This can be use to jump-start future vinegar batches. 

You can also make with other fruits such as pears.

  • Prep Time: 2 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes