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Mochenye yabloki (soaked-fermented apples)мочёные яблоки

Whole autumn or winter apples with firm flesh, such as Antonovka, are layered with scalded straw in an oak barrel and covered with a specially prepared wort. They ferment for about two weeks at 15–18 °C, then slowly in a cellar at 4–6 °C, and are ready after about 30–40 days. Both lactic and alcoholic fermentation take part.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Mochenye yabloki itself.

DocumentedFruit12 days – 14 days

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
whole autumn or winter apples with dense flesh (Antonovka, Babushkino, Pepin Litovsky, Osennee Polosatoe, Sery Anis, Skryzhapel)
scalded rye or wheat straw
specially prepared wort

Total time across the recorded steps: 12 days – 14 days

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What changes: Apples are layered tightly with scalded straw in an oak barrel

Step 1 of 5
Layer apples and scalded straw in a barrel
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

The straw protects the fruit and improves its colour and flavour.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Whole autumn or winter apples with firm flesh, such as Antonovka, are layered with scalded straw in an oak barrel and covered with a specially prepared wort. They ferment for about two weeks at 15–18 °C, then slowly in a cellar at 4–6 °C, and are ready after about 30–40 days. Both lactic and alcoholic fermentation take part. Made in 5 steps over 12 days – 14 days. The longest step, ferment warm, topping up the liquid, takes 12–14 days (Russian Wikipedia 2026) and runs at 15–18 °C (Russian Wikipedia 2026).

Key numbers
Main step12–14 daysReported[s1]Ferment warm, topping up the liquid
Temperature15–18 °CReported[s1]Ferment warm, topping up the liquid

What makes this one different

Whole apples are preserved by alcoholic fermentation as well as lactic fermentation, in tubs or barrels prepared as for sauerkraut.

Related ferments

Variants

  • Simple, sour and sugar mochenieThree kinds of soaking named in Russian Wikipedia; their wort recipes are not given there.

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

  1. [s1] Russian Wikipedia, Мочёные яблоки (stage temperatures and times, varieties, straw), read 2026-10-23wiki
  2. [s2] Chuvash Wikipedia, Йӳҫӗтнӗ панулми (article title)wiki