Ingredients
- 6 organic apples
- 2 tablespoons whey, culture starter or a probiotic capsule opened and mixed with water just like the culture starter
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- filtered water
Equipment
- Vitamix or other high powered blender
Options for starter:
- Vegetable starter culture can be used: 1/2 package dissolved into 1/4 cup plus two tablespoons warm water.
- Fresh whey can be used as a starter for this recipe. Use 1/4 cup plus two tablespoons.
- One capsule of a strong probiotic mixed in 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- Wash, core and peel the apples
- Cut into pieces and place in the Vitamix
- Add the liquid whey or starter
- Add the salt and cinnamon
- Cover and turn on the Vitamix for only a few seconds
- Use the plunger to get the apples mixed in quickly
- You don’t want to liquify the apples so move quickly or pulse the blender
- Be sure all the ingredients are mixed together
- Pour into glass quart jars
- Pour enough whey or culture starter on top to cover the apple sauce and create a seal
- Cover with a lid
- Place in a dark cabinet for 2 – 3 days
- Check this every day because fruit cultures will become alcoholic if left too long — you will taste it and smell it
- I check mine after 2 days and most of the time it is ready — then refrigerate
- When it is warm (70 degrees) I would leave it one day
- This should yield about a quart and a cup depending upon the size of the apples
- This applesauce will stay fresh in the refrigerator for 4 – 5 weeks which is much longer than regular apple sauce
The best way to reinoculate ourselves with beneficial bacteria is to eat cultured foods. Learn how to culture anything! From the most common yogurt to more esoteric culturing of vegetables, salsa, chutneys and condiments — most foods can be fermented — their shelf live lengthened without chemical preservatives, and most importantly, the beneficial bacteria is created.
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