My Apple Pie

[Hillbilly Popstar]

I have made apple pie about 6 times and I think I have it nailed down pretty good.
I know there's a lot of AP recipes around here, but there's at least one thing I do that's different.
Hopefully a few of you will give this method a try and let me know what you think.

This is for a quart.

Core and slice one large apple.
Put it in the jar and pour over 2.5 cups of moonshine (at least 120 proof or higher)
Add 1 fresh cinnamon stick (they lose all flavor after about 1-2 uses)
Add 1/8 tsp of nutmeg
Add 1/2 tblsp of good quality vanilla extract

Let soak for no less than a week. Shake at least once a day.
After a couple days give it a taste to make sure the cinnamon isn't overpowering.

At the end of the week pour the shine off the mixture and keep it in a separate jar. Leave the apples in the other jar, remove the cinnamon stick and pour over 1-1.5 cups of brown sugar. Let the apples and sugar sit for a day. You should see a syrup start to pool at the bottom. Put the apple jar into the microwave for 1 minute. This will make the apple steam into the sugar and the remaining juice and alcohol will get extracted. Pour the juice off of the mixture into the jar with the shine. Be careful not to pour out the remaining undissolved sugar and apples. Pop it into the microwave again and repeat. Do this until all the sugar is dissolved and the apples are shriveled up. Add more sugar if you need to.
The remaining apples are good with ice cream.

At this point the jar should be 3/4 to nearly full. Top it off with good tasting water or apple juice and filter it.

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[Swedish Pride]

never done liquid apple pie, plenty of the version with crust on it.
If I ever get around to do UJ or a neutral I'll give this version a go.

Is it a sweet drink or more apple flavored vodka?
No idea what to expect from it

[Hillbilly Popstar]

never done liquid apple pie, plenty of the version with crust on it.
If I ever get around to do UJ or a neutral I'll give this version a go.

Is it a sweet drink or more apple flavored vodka?
No idea what to expect from it

Sweet. Taste just like apple pie.

I used Sweet Feed whiskey for mine. I'm sure neutral would work great.

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[Hillbilly Popstar]

Note to mods:

I also posted this in the "shared recipes" forum. But it wouldn't post so I posted it here. Now this morning both posts are showing.
So please delete whichever location is less relevant.

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[hellbilly007]

Is there any type of preferred apple for this recipe? Id imagine a Granny Smith to be good for this

[Euphoria]

I use Granny Smiths for my apple pie. Good flavor. When it's done it really tastes like AP.

[Hillbilly Popstar]

I have used a few different ones. Red delicious, pink ladies, and gala. All with good results.
This time I am using granny smith.

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[steelmb]

I have made apple pie about 6 times and I think I have it nailed down pretty good.
I know there's a lot of AP recipes around here, but there's at least one thing I do that's different.
Hopefully a few of you will give this method a try and let me know what you think.

This is for a quart.

Core and slice one large apple.
Put it in the jar and pour over 2.5 cups of moonshine (at least 120 proof or higher)
Add 1 fresh cinnamon stick (they lose all flavor after about 1-2 uses)
Add 1/8 tsp of nutmeg
Add 1/2 tblsp of good quality vanilla extract

Let soak for no less than a week. Shake at least once a day.
After a couple days give it a taste to make sure the cinnamon isn't overpowering.

At the end of the week pour the shine off the mixture and keep it in a separate jar. Leave the apples in the other jar, remove the cinnamon stick and pour over 1-1.5 cups of brown sugar. Let the apples and sugar sit for a day. You should see a syrup start to pool at the bottom. Put the apple jar into the microwave for 1 minute. This will make the apple steam into the sugar and the remaining juice and alcohol will get extracted. Pour the juice off of the mixture into the jar with the shine. Be careful not to pour out the remaining undissolved sugar and apples. Pop it into the microwave again and repeat. Do this until all the sugar is dissolved and the apples are shriveled up. Add more sugar if you need to.
The remaining apples are good with ice cream.

At this point the jar should be 3/4 to nearly full. Top it off with good tasting water or apple juice and filter it.

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Seems like a lot of trouble for a quart. I would have to step it up to at least a gallon.

[Hillbilly Popstar]

I have made apple pie about 6 times and I think I have it nailed down pretty good.
I know there's a lot of AP recipes around here, but there's at least one thing I do that's different.
Hopefully a few of you will give this method a try and let me know what you think.

This is for a quart.

Core and slice one large apple.
Put it in the jar and pour over 2.5 cups of moonshine (at least 120 proof or higher)
Add 1 fresh cinnamon stick (they lose all flavor after about 1-2 uses)
Add 1/8 tsp of nutmeg
Add 1/2 tblsp of good quality vanilla extract

Let soak for no less than a week. Shake at least once a day.
After a couple days give it a taste to make sure the cinnamon isn't overpowering.

At the end of the week pour the shine off the mixture and keep it in a separate jar. Leave the apples in the other jar, remove the cinnamon stick and pour over 1-1.5 cups of brown sugar. Let the apples and sugar sit for a day. You should see a syrup start to pool at the bottom. Put the apple jar into the microwave for 1 minute. This will make the apple steam into the sugar and the remaining juice and alcohol will get extracted. Pour the juice off of the mixture into the jar with the shine. Be careful not to pour out the remaining undissolved sugar and apples. Pop it into the microwave again and repeat. Do this until all the sugar is dissolved and the apples are shriveled up. Add more sugar if you need to.
The remaining apples are good with ice cream.

At this point the jar should be 3/4 to nearly full. Top it off with good tasting water or apple juice and filter it.

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Seems like a lot of trouble for a quart. I would have to step it up to at least a gallon.

I am limited on my gallon containers at the moment.

Right now I am doing 4 quarts for a gallon of keep. But the recipe can be stepped up or down as needed. Although if I were doing a gallon in one container, I'd probably try less than 4 cinnamon sticks and lengthen the time they stay in there.

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[Shiny Coke]

First time I tried AP Shine was at a BBQ Competition in Yakima WA. It was clear, tasted just like AP and I've never been able to duplicate it. I've done a few AP recipes (not this way), and have never really been a fan. Think I'l give this a try! Is this recipe super sweet?

[Hillbilly Popstar]

It's as sweet as apple pie.

It's not super clear though.

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[Hillbilly Popstar]

K...

Let's talk for a minute about the microwave technique and why I do it.

I mentioned the apples and alcohol steam through the sugar and turn it into juice quicker but it goes a little deeper than that.

Here is a picture of a quart after about 5 cycles in the microwave.
The apples look plump and full of juice cause as soon as the microwave cycle is finished, you cap off the jar and as it cool a vacuum is formed and you get lots of passive reflux inside the jar.
This helps the remaining juice/alcohol extract more apple flavor and go into solution with the sugar.
In fact, if you shake the jar and see the inside covered with juice and sugar, after about 20 minutes of this reflux you will see all the sugar rinsed down off the insides of the jar.


Then when you release the pressure the apples will immediately shrink down to half their size right before your eyes.
It is here that you can see they are giving up all they have to offer.


What's in the pictures above is 4 large granny smith apples. Each time you do a microwave cycle you get a little less juice. But after the 5th cycle I put the apples into a stocking and squeezed the shit out of them, I doubt I got more than 1/4 cup of juice out. I even bit into one of the apples and it had very little flavor, alcohol nor apple.

Only problem with this recipe is it doesn't make a very clear pie shine. But it does make a very good pie shine.

Jesus turned water into wine, we turn wine into shine.

[FreeMountainHermit]

The apples look plump and full of juice cause as soon as the microwave cycle is finished, you cap off the jar and as it cool a vacuum is formed

Wondering if using a vacuum sealer could be incorporated into your apple pie process as it would really get the juices out of the apples into your jar. ??



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[Hillbilly Popstar]

That's a great idea. I don't make enough right now to justify the investment. On the other hand this method could probably be applied to any maceration/panty dropper recipe, so maybe I should get one.

I wonder how much different it would be, I would think the heat does something with the flavors.
But a vacuum method might create less loss.

Jesus turned water into wine, we turn wine into shine.

[FreeMountainHermit]

I do pretty much the same thing when marinating chicken and steaks and ran across it a few times on cooking/canning forums when they talk about bringing out the fruity goodness.

[Shiny Coke]

The apples look plump and full of juice cause as soon as the microwave cycle is finished, you cap off the jar and as it cool a vacuum is formed

Wondering if using a vacuum sealer could be incorporated into your apple pie process as it would really get the juices out of the apples into your jar. ??



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Don't think this would work. When you vac seal for marinating it sucks the juices into the meat. Can't think how this could be used to actually pull the juices out of the fruit. Not saying it can't be done, just can't see how.

[still_stirrin]

The apples look plump and full of juice cause as soon as the microwave cycle is finished, you cap off the jar and as it cool a vacuum is formed

Wondering if using a vacuum sealer could be incorporated into your apple pie process as it would really get the juices out of the apples into your jar??

Don't think this would work. When you vac seal for marinating it sucks the juices into the meat. Can't think how this could be used to actually pull the juices out of the fruit...

Pulling a vacuum with fruit submerbged in a liquid will "suck" the juices out of the fruit, exploding into the liquid. Remember, the liquid likewise undergoes "negative" pressure just like the fruit in it. It will expand and rupture cell membranes within the fruit just like it would if YOU were submerged in the liquid. Squish, squish...pop!
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[Bushman]

My Ultra Sonic machine does a nice job on this as well!

[Shiny Coke]

[/quote]
Pulling a vacuum with fruit submerbged in a liquid will "suck" the juices out of the fruit, exploding into the liquid. Remember, the liquid likewise undergoes "negative" pressure just like the fruit in it. It will expand and rupture cell membranes within the fruit just like it would if YOU were submerged in the liquid. Squish, squish...pop!
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Thanks Bill Nye Sounds like it's worth experimenting with then. I've read about using the microwave for a couple of various tasks on this site but I'm a little too gun shy to actually nuke my shine. Despite there being no recorded catastrophes yet, I don't wanna be the first.

[Hillbilly Popstar]

Pulling a vacuum with fruit submerbged in a liquid will "suck" the juices out of the fruit, exploding into the liquid. Remember, the liquid likewise undergoes "negative" pressure just like the fruit in it. It will expand and rupture cell membranes within the fruit just like it would if YOU were submerged in the liquid. Squish, squish...pop!
ss[/quote]

Thanks Bill Nye Sounds like it's worth experimenting with then. I've read about using the microwave for a couple of various tasks on this site but I'm a little too gun shy to actually nuke my shine. Despite there being no recorded catastrophes yet, I don't wanna be the first.[/quote]
Well, in this case the shine is pretty well diluted. You're just nuking the fruit that had been soaking in the shine.
I'm not saying this mitigates 100% of the risk for the über safety minded folks around here, I am just saying it lessens the risk.

Jesus turned water into wine, we turn wine into shine.

[Shiny Coke]

Nuked it yesterday, house still standing, all is well
Thanks for the post, it turned out pretty tasty.

[rager]

First time I tried AP Shine was at a BBQ Competition in Yakima WA. It was clear, tasted just like AP and I've never been able to duplicate it. I've done a few AP recipes (not this way), and have never really been a fan. Think I'l give this a try! Is this recipe super sweet?

http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 11&t=50185


give this a read

[Shiny Coke]

First time I tried AP Shine was at a BBQ Competition in Yakima WA. It was clear, tasted just like AP and I've never been able to duplicate it. I've done a few AP recipes (not this way), and have never really been a fan. Think I'l give this a try! Is this recipe super sweet?

http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 11&t=50185


give this a read

Interesting concept. Don't run a thumper or gin basket but interesting read. This guy I met actually turned me onto this site after BS'ing with him about wanting to get into the hobby. Shoulda got more info from him because it would be great to actually meet and talk in person with others that perform in the shine'n arts.

[Hillbilly Popstar]

I don't have a thumper either. That's why I developed this recipe.

Jesus turned water into wine, we turn wine into shine.

[Morgana-rose]

so this actually taste like a apple pie??

[Hillbilly Popstar]

so this actually taste like a apple pie??

As long as you don't overdo the cinnamon, absolutely! With alcohol of course.

Jesus turned water into wine, we turn wine into shine.

[pythonshine]

Excellent post Hillbilly Popstar! I will have to try this after i get running.

[Shiny Coke]

Tastes great! Lil bit sweet for me but apple pie is supposed to be sweet ain't it? Might try watering the sweetness down with whiskey to make it a bit more my style.

[rager]

i just did aan apple pie with rum and came out awesome! i didnt bother with all the other steps trying to get the alcohol out of the apples as i enjoyed eating alcohol infused apple just as much