Manzanita Berry Cider
- Pick and wash the ripe berries.
- Boil 4 cups water for every 1 cup of berries. Pour water over the berries and let sit for 20 minutes.
- Use a potato masher, or something similar, to crush, bruise, or lightly break the berries and add cinnamon sticks, cloves, or anise as desired. Let this steep at room temperature overnight.
- The next day, pour the cider through a fine sieve into a mason jar and repeat this with a cheese cloth. Save the berries, because you can make another batch of cider with them if desired.
- Now let your cider sit in the fridge overnight. More sediment will fall to the bottom. Carefully decant the good cider from the jar, leaving as much of the fine sediment in the original jar as possible. The sediment is loaded with tannins, so you want it out of your cider.
- Sweeten with raw honey to your liking and enjoy!
From: carmichaelenvironmental.com