Whole Fruit Must

[bluesparks12]

Anyone try making cider with whole fruit in lieu of juice? I'm planning a hard cider using chopped and boiled apples instead of straight juice. In my head it should work. My current concern is I have a 5 gallon set up and if I use whole fruit I'm going to lose a significant volume in my fermenter. Can I do two batches and combine them in the secondary? Thanks in advance

 

[Raptor99]

Boiling the fruit will destroy some of the flavor and set the pectin, neither of which you want.

 

[bluesparks12]

Follow up question; If I use a sugar amalgam with water. Have my fruit in a must bag and use peptic enzym. Would this work?