Double Dipping Apples in Our Steam Juicer 

I have a friend going through the stages of cancer. She mentioned her apple trees being loaded and not being able to make applesauce because her arms are too weak to turn the food mill. I told her I'd make and can her some up once the trees go through a frost (sweeter apples). I'll be using my 'tools' to make that process fast and easy and she'll get juice to boot! I kept her supplied with nourishing bone broths when she was going through the worst of it.

I was just getting ready to do applesauce. After watching your video I will juice them first. Thank you.

When I use my machine that is similar to yours I attach my battery operated variable drill to where the handle is attached and it makes the job go super fast and saves my arm and hands. Also when I make applesauce I always put in Red Hot candies in there and it makes my sauce a nice pink color.

You came make apple cider vinegar out of the waste product coming out of the apple sauce.

I still have my enamel stovetop steam juicer from Germany. Bought it late 80s ❤

Use this to make grape juice! Works wonderful!

I love my steamer-juicer. regular tomato juice makes canker sores for my husband, so I tried putting tomatoes through the steamer-juicer. The resulting 'essence of tomato' juice is delicious and canker sore free. I put the residue through the strainer and dehydrate it. The tomato 'leather', with different seasonings, can be eaten as it or used in cooking. No wastage. I've done this process with many fruits and, sometimes, veg. Or--fruit residue can become jam or sauce . The uses range from being an ingredient in popcicles to trifles. This year I plan to put cranberries through the SJ and dehydrate the residue for a addition to oatmea, fruit cobblers, or whatever my imagination can come up with. What a marvelous tool!

You can also make apple butter easily once sauced with a crockpot in less time once the juice is extracted.

put a few marbles in bottom of water reservoir so you know when it is near dry. Also be really careful as I got a 2nd degree burn from the hose slipping and the juice burning me.

I bought a food mill from the hardware store ( $120) and it did the job but needed cleaning several times during the process. I then bought a Victorio through market place ($20). What a difference! LOVE the Victorio! Twice the capabilities or more! Steam juicer is next on my list.

My mom got one of those juices in late 50's (in Europe) she used it for apples, black currants and lingonberries. I bough mine few years after I got married when I saw one in a kitchen store in US, that was in 70's. Have made apple juice ( jelly, juice) and apple sauce/ apple butter ( btw make applebutter in crock pot) ever since. A friend introduced me to chokecherry jelly and I make that every few years as well. Those berries have big stones and steam juicer works great for extracting the juice.

Just food for thought. I was always told to take the first two jars of juice and pour them back over the top of the apples because they will be much more concentrated than the last juice to come off. That way the juice is more consistent in concentration.

Here's a trick I learned from an old-timer on youtube. I can't remember her name or her channel but she was processing crabapples like I was. The crab apples when I first took them off the tree didn't have any blemishes nothing had messed with them but I thought maybe I should cut a few open to make sure they were okay. They were fine but the task of cutting all of those crabapples was daunting. What this person did was they froze them all first for 24 hours. That did something to the cell structure. Then I just tossed those little crab apples in whole into steam juicer.

I am an avid thrifter and always look for preservation tools at secondhand stores. Technically, my steam juicer wasn't thrifted, I got it for free from my Buy-Nothing group. I've found 2 Victorios. The second one had the 3 sizes of strainer so I bought it, then sold the 1st one on Marketplace. After watching and waiting for a couple of years, just this week I found a steam canner. Not only does the steam canner save energy and time but the house doesn't get as hot.

What a wonderful video of information. How gratifying to use all of your own apples and get two delicious products for now and later. Way to go Pam and Jim!!!

Hi. The shelf liner that grips might be helpful underneath the clampy parts on your apple grinder-upper to keep it from sliding on and scratching your granite counter. My parents used it in their motor home cabinets to keep things from sliding around in the cabinets and we used it in our camper cabinets. Mom told me to keep a little square of it in my kitchen to help remove screw-on jar lids, too. It's a super helpful material to keep handy. It's useful underneath cutting boards for stabilization. I know you know what I'm talking about seeing as how you have a camper and have to keep things from sliding all over. 😊 So, try a couple of pieces under those clamps and see if that helps. May have to dampen it, but hopefully it will work. Or, a piece of a wide rubber band. If I think of something else that might work, I'll leave another comment. Thank You, so much for Everything you do and teach us!!! 🙂🌻❤️

Another lesson from Pam, I can’t thank you enough. I wish I was twenty years younger it would have saved me so much but I am glad I know now. Have a great day!

Been doing this for 30 years, ha ha. Living in the north, we could only grow crabapples and no way would I peel and core those. There is a third use for what's left...pig food & chicken food. They sure liked that.

I have a waterbath canner. I'm getting a steam canner. It will be so much easier to use the steam canner. I'm a big guy and even at 77 it's handier.makes me want to buy a steam juicer.

As you were speaking about your grandson, I was choked up with tears. Blessed Be the Children.

Game changer! Just picked 200+ lbs of pears. Apples coming soon. Never heard of a steam juicer until now. This opens a whole new panorama...

ive steamed a whole chicken and veg. and the meat falls off bones for supper then canned the broth and chicken for later so very good

We made this too - added red hots to it - since you're already adding sugar and cinnamon - why not? My husband said it took him right back to being a little kid

Rose get yourself an electric strainer!

I've learned so much from you! (and bought quite a few very great gadgets along the way) Now I have two more on my list!

I save the apple water as an apple drink. It had a lot of flavor. We tend to water down apple juice anyway as it is too strong. A steam juicer has been on my wish list for awhile. I did invest in an electric strainer this year though, after struggling to strain tomato sauce by hand. Very happy with that investment.

I drain into a big pot and keep warm, the juice i find becomes weaker after each addition drain.

When I make big messes from food processing, hubby helps me clean up. He benefits from the products also. (Think about the story of 'The Little Red Hen')

Thank you so much for a very informative video. Would you suggest that waste could be used for vinegar? I’ve never done this but trust your teaching and opinions.

I know this was two weeks ago, but I have to say how lucky I am because I acquired my steam juicer and my Victorio Strainer from my Mother. The Victorio Strainer has the three screens. My grandfather had purchased it and always bought the best. My mother would make apple juice in the steam juicer, squeeze the apple pulp, then make the apple butter. It was always so good!

HELLO FROM SOUTH GEORGIA, I'M DOUBLE DIPPING PEARS RIGHT NOW. USING THE PEELS AND CORES WHILE I'M CANNING PEARS IN LIGHT SYRUP. 😊

been trying to find info on how to use my steam juicer for apples, very informative video, love the idea of making sauce out of the remaining apple pulp, already own food mill soooo...I know what I will be doing today...thanks so much for this video

Pam, you confirmed what I thought could be done with produce - making multiple products. I can see using the juice (blueberries, cherries, etc.) to make panake syrup or jelly. Using the pulp to make jams. It would be interesting if the juicer could be used to steam large qantities of vegetables or to steam meats like fish. I do not like single use equipment, so I will be wathing to see if your viewers suggest other foods that can be prepped in the steam juicer. Great vid.

I have a question, you have the nesco smart canner have you tried it for steam canning? I have looked all over the net and cannot find anyone who has tested steam canning in place of water bath canning in it, your the lady with the gadget would you be able to test it to see if it’s safe? There is a steam / wb button on the nesco thank you for your time I loved the juice machine

Wow! A nice surprise… I went through your Amazon store to buy the Victorio set and was able to use a gift card which I forgot was in my account. Great price for this today! Thanks for your videos! 😊

If you’re going to can the applesauce, make sure you add enough liquid so that it’s thin enough to allow the heat to penetrate it thoroughly and so the air can escape without blop-blopping like a tar pit (getting all over the place and preventing the jar from sealing).

Don't forget if you have chickens to give them the scraps! Apples are a zero waste in our house, apple juice, sauce and chicken food! They love it

I recently bought a Harvest brand steam canner, an Oxo brand food mill, and a steam juicer (can’t remember the brand). They’ve revolutionized my canning life!

I love this stuff too. I saw Where after you can peaches you take the stones and skins and make peach jelly from them. Love it. ThanKs Pam and Jim 🌷🇨🇦

Wonderful video! Thank you! I also have NO idea what apples I have on my property. 🤣 I love your countertops. I'm getting new ones soon. Which would you recommend for best hygiene to work off of like yours? Granite? Or these new "eco friendly" ones which supposedly do well? Ideally I want something I can work on with food, pastries, cut on maybe even... I'm okay to use a hot doily thing and not put hot pots on it, but if it can withstand that, bonus! The current (cheap plywood) countertops I have stain very easily and are so porous I don't feel comfortable putting food on them, let alone the sides ruin easily when there's a spill 😫. So any suggestions from your experience would be appreciated for good quality long-term ideas. Or anyone else in the comments section too. Thanks :)

then take the left over skins and core (waste), boil, strain and you can make jelly with it 3 in 1

What if I don't have a strainer? I just need to peel and come my apples right?

Just purchased a steamer juicer. Now I know what I’m going to do first ! Next, I’m going to find a Victorio. Thank you. Thank you !!

I think it’s amazing that you donate half of your Amazon proceeds to Primary Children’s Hospital, I have a younger sister and a nephew that are still here because of the amazing care they received there. Thanks for your great videos.

Would the Victorio strainer also do berries? I want to make mayhaw jelly. Thank you.

Thank you so much for sharing this! I just finished by project and we were amazed at the results! This was my first time making apple juice. I ended up getting 10 quarts apple juice and 6 quarts applesauce! They are both delicious!

That measuring cup still looks like a half-cup measure, not a 1/4 cup. But if you said it tastes just right then who am I to complain? lol Another family and ours and maybe a few friends did applesauce one year. Two days of coring and cooking. What we could have done with a steam juicer back then. I just finished juicing a bunch of grapes. Got quite a bit to go before I'm finished. I'm going to try some apples afterwards.

You should run the "waste" thru 2x....you'll be surprised how much more you'll yield.

The juice looks wonderful and I am impressed with that steam juicer. I can't access your Amazon page. Could you tell me what size steam canner you are using? I have a ton of apples. I make apple butter, but this would speed up the process.

I did the same thing with scuppernongs this year! I have the same juicer…. Juiced the grapes then ran the pulp left through a colander for fruit leather. Sweetened the leather with honey and put it on large cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. Put in the sun to dry. After a couple of sunny days it had dried and I pulled the fruit leather sheet from the paper. I cut it into strips and rolled it in cut wax paper strips. Put in a plastic bag. My college grandson loves them. Remember “fruit roll ups?” So much better without processed sugar or nasty additives. Why didn’t I think of this sooner!

Hi! Can you tell me how long this process took for you? Does this turn out to be a process that you still like best and will do again? Thanks!

I thought that apple seeds have hydrogen cyanide (HCN) in them so dose not keeping the seeds in them leach out the hydrogen cyanide (HCN) into what you steam and cook? You can not feed chickens apple seeds.

🇦🇺put the apple skins and seeds back through the Victoria strainer for a second time. You do the same for tomatoes. It’s amazing what still comes out. There are apps on your phone that may help with identifying the apple trees.

Could you use a tomato juice colander? At this time I don’t have a Victorio Strainer, but I do have a steam juicer! I have apple that I need to do, and I like the idea of double dipping apples!

How long did the apples take in the steam juicer? I do grapes every year but apples only once. I didn't get much juice out.

I was wondering this exact thing just a few days ago! How funny to come across this now. Thanks so much! Ill be working on it this weekend.

I used it by wrapping it around my leg when I broke my knee in two places .Im so short and not very big.I went to the Dr. One day,she asked me about it.She sent one of the office girls to go pick some up right then.

Could you use this juicer without the top strainer to distill water? We use a lot of distilled water in our CPAP machines.

Because of the thickness of the applesauce, it would be the perfect consistency for apple butter.

You can use the apple pulls in your freezer dryer, to eat it, or turn it into powder and add to baking, You can also make apple cider mix and add your apple powder , and mix up a cup of apple cider( hot or cold)

May I ask what brand of steam juicer you use? When I check your site it says unavailable to order it and the strainer, thank you

i LOVE my steam juicer. i found a hip high stool on the side of road and that is what i put my jars on to decant the juice from the juicer and as yo0u did they then go into the water bath canner, it is just so quick. ..

I do the same thing with grapes then take the pulp, puree, and turn them into cookies using the freeze dryer...no sugar, put in chopped nuts, toasted oats, etc.

Thank you for posting this! I've been making applesauce this way for forty five years. I've had a Squeezo Strainer a few years longer that I made applesauce with but I didn't have a steam juicer until then. At first I used all the juice and made applesauce with the leftovers, but I found I didn't like either the juice or the applesauce, so i steamed the apples until just fork tender. The juice just barely started to run. I moved it off the heat, let it cool about a half hour then ran it through the Squeezo . It needed very little sugar if any, depending on the apples. I found I didn't care for the cooked taste of apple juice so now I make raw apple cider and put a few liters, (reuse the few pop bottles we use a year.) They taste just like fresh pressed when thawed from the freezer.

One more question. Can I steam can in my steam juicer by putting my jars in the fruit basket portion?

No lemon or citric acid to keep juice or sauce from oxidizing/turning brown?

What is the Steam Canner brand you used...looks like a plain large soup pot?

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Great video! I wonder if a pinch of citric acid would make the applesauce even better?

I would to see if a steamer like this could be used to distill saltwater?? Would love your thoughts.

That thick apple sauce would also be good for apple butter

We have a bumper crop of apples this year! I start with Gravenstein apples, then Gala, Honeycrisp and Jonagold. The last apples I use are Winter banana. I started another small orchard with one cider type tree, Fuji, Mott’s pink, and Pink Lady, lots of apples.

I wonder if you could use the cores to make vinegar?

small CRAB apples make a most delicious sauce and jelly

If you run that waste through the hopper 1 or 2 more times your get more off the waste

I also took the applesauce and turned it into fruit leather.

Could you use the scraps to make jelly??

Look up Surround Kayolin Clay. All natural. Mix it with water. Spray trees. Bugs, etc. Take a bite full of clay and move on. Then just wash produce. Pretty neat.

Thank you so much for sharing this. I am planning on doing the same thing tomorrow. BTW my 6' Army Sargent of a son was a preemie 30yrs ago weighing in at 2#1oz and dropped to 1#12oz before being released at 4#5oz to head straight to an eye specialist because they were concerned he was blind, turns out we are all blind at 4#5oz and with time everything grew into place and he is fine. A blessing for sure♥️

What brand of juicer do you have?

I dont peel mine I just core them and grind it all

Thank thank you Pam learned so much and how to get the most from apples and more fruits as well !!!

Now I Know what I wish for Christmas 👍🏻😁🥰 thank you for a great video 🙏🏻

Where can you get the Victoria strainer

Thank you so much for this video and it brought back so many memories of using both these items. I no longer have the juicer and now wish I had kept it for making applesauce. I never thought about using it for that as we made our own grape juice which worked wonderful. We would pick a wheel barrow full of grapes and bring them in and washed them stem and all and put them directly into the canner. It made such wonderful juice and so easy. We did have to replace the tube one time and I think because of the heat going through there it finally wore it out. With your other item the Vitorio, mine had a different name but I still have it and mine is probably over 20 years old and has made a lot of applesauce. When I made a small batch of applesauce the other day I just cut the cores out and then ran it through a food mill that I had purchased thinking this was going to be a good idea. This food mill didn't even move the apples down so that you could get anything out from turning the crank. So I dug out my old cone shape collander and used that which thankfully I had kept. Thanks for all your videos as they are always so informative. Thank Jim too for doing all his videoing so that you can stay in front of the camera.

Enjoyed this video and learned alot.

I love my steam juicer

No need for lemon juice in either product?

To prevent dripping from the hose, slide the hose as far as it will go towards the circle end of the metal clip. The further it goes towards that end, the tighter the clip. I love my strainer, I am doing last year's frozen blackberries to make jelly.

Great job darling! ❤

Wonderful gadgets...

Awesome!!! I need to check out one of those.

Many years ago, I turned that apple pulp into fruit leather for the grandkids. It turned out beautifully too. Those gadgets, the mill and steam juicer really make preserving easy and so much less work that the jelly bag way of extracting. Wish I was more of an applesauce girl but I've never really enjoyed it in any way. But the different flavor profiles I tried for the fruit leathers was fun and the grands loved them. Think my fav was a pumpkin spice fruit roll up. But I used plums mixed in and other berries; different spices. so many ideas on line.

I love all of your video. Any time you want to rid yourself of Equipment not needed since I’m only doing for myself and the hubby I will come visit and take them off your hands 🥰😂 lol jk but seriously would love just a portion of the items that didn’t work well cause they at least worked some. FEEDING ALL

I'm wanting to order your books, but I want to know if they come in hard copy or just in my e-mail and I have to print them off...love you videos...

Did you find the texture good of the sauce? I usually add water and don’t even strain my sauce normally.. but willing to try!

Wait until you do grape juice! My MIL gave me a steam canner over 30 years ago and I love it! Take the grapes off of the stems though, the juice is much better.

They have an electric model of the crank press thing. Easier for older people with arthritis and those who do many pounds of fruit. Goes faster also. I saw “Acre Homestead “ blogger use the electric one a couple days ago.

I used it under my brace.

I like to use a hemostat to clamp my steam juicer hose. They’re very inexpensive on Amazon. Love your videos!