Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Apples and pressing for juice in Wightman Road

This year my crop of Bramleys has started to ripen earlier than usual and on 7th August I pressed the first batch of windfalls. 28 kg of apples yielded 18 litres of rather tart apple juice - which was all drunk fresh.

Since then more than enough for another batch have fallen and I shall have to press these over the coming weekend. I expect to get started around 3pm on Saturday 23rd. If anyone wants to help or just bring kids to watch, let me know. I intend to pasteurise some of this batch - even though we still have a few dozen bottles remaining from last year.

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Permalink Reply by Lauren on August 22, 2014 at 15:12

Do you want some pears?

Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on August 22, 2014 at 22:32

It is kind of you to offer but, I am sorry to say, pear juice has not proved so popular and, because of this, I process most of my cooking pears to extract the molasses. That's a different process and doesn't normally happen before the end of October.

The short answer is:

If they are dessert pears, I don't need them.

If they are cookers, I could use no more than five kilos to make a batch of chutney.

Permalink Reply by Sonya Prentice on August 22, 2014 at 16:09