Freezing apples before pressing?

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OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 11 12:24 pm Post subject: Freezing apples before pressing?
I have made a press using a bottle jack and its ok but I can see it would be able to get much more juice out if the apples were mushy first. Partners friend says that if you freeze apples and then defrost them its saves having to mash them up prior to pressing 'juice comes out straight away'. Anyone else heard of or tried this?

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9715
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 11 1:35 pm Post subject:
yes it makes a huge difference. freeze them - be aware it can take a while for a mass of apples to freeze, then thaw them in food safe plastic boxes/buckets etc (as some of the juice will wander out without pressing). Once thawed you can squeeze the juice out with your hands, so your bottle jack press should be fine. our first press was a homemade bottle jack affair and it worked out fine

OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 11 2:36 pm Post subject:

colour it green wrote:

yes it makes a huge difference.

freeze them - be aware it can take a while for a mass of apples to freeze

How long - overnight?

Do you prepare the apples in any way?

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8604
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 11 3:31 pm Post subject:
At the garden where I work, they leave the apples out on the patio tables and the sugars really develop with the chilly nights we've had, as well as being easier to juice.

OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
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Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 11 10:40 am Post subject:
I put my apples in the freezer Friday and took them out the sunday morning. They took another 24 hours to defrost. Pressed them this morning and got loads of juice out. Its much clearer than before when I was just bashing the apples prior to pressing. Here's the press with the juice in the pan in the foreground: I'm going to freeze the juice as I haven't a pasteuriser.

fatbloke

Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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Location: Sussex Coast!

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 11 11:31 am Post subject:
Looks good. If you haven't got a pasteuriser and you don't want any oxidation over time, then it's often best to add a little ascorbic acid (vitamin C) before freezing.......

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