For gardeners, year after year is not necessary, as they say. Due to weather conditions, the yield of fruits collected from the site may sometimes be minimal. In other years, the problem manifests itself in its opposite - a large amount of raw materials for processing. The same may apply to grapes. After all, it so happens that the mash is already “playing”, and the vine is still strewn with poured bunches. What to do in case of harvesting a rich harvest of juicy berries? Make grape juice at home as a canned product for the winter. This article suggests recipes based on different processing methods. Choose the most suitable for you.
The first way, how to make juice from grapes at home
The most affordable way to get a drink is to use a juicer. Remove berries from brushes, wash thoroughly and begin to fall asleep in the device. Since there are seeds in the berries, the process will be quite problematic. Periodically clean the juicer from the waste mass. Pour the resulting tart liquid into the pan through cheesecloth. If you want to make grape juice at home for the winter, which is then fully prepared for use, you need to add additional other ingredients. This will have to be done due to the fact that during the passage of berries the seeds are slightly damaged, and the juice acquires a specific astringent and astringent taste. The same “shade” will turn out if you use a meat grinder. This is especially often the case when using grapes as raw materials not of table ones, but of “wild” varieties. Dilute the juice with water in a ratio of 2: 1. Add the sugar at the rate of fifty grams per liter to the resulting liquid. Put the container on the fire and boil for fifteen to twenty minutes. Then pour into sterile jars and roll up. Shake the drink well before use, as the thicker part will give a precipitate.
The second way, how to make juice from grapes at home
To avoid excessive aroma of seeds during canning, you can squeeze the berries manually. How to squeeze juice from grapes without using a juicer? Prepare the berries by removing them from the brushes and washing. After draining the water, press them with your hands or using a press. Filter the juice through several layers of ordinary gauze into a saucepan. Put the remaining "pulp" into another. Pour the grape mass with water in a proportion of 1 liter per 1 kg and put on fire. Let the mixture boil for about ten minutes, and then let it cool. Combine the filtered liquid with juice and sugar a little to taste (about half a glass for two liters).
Then pour the drink into jars and put to sterilize. The time required for hot processing: liter containers - twenty-twenty-five minutes, one and a half liter - thirty-forty minutes. Roll up hot jars with lids and, overturning, wrap.
How to make juice from grapes using a juicer?
This method is the most practical and does not require additional processing of berries. In addition, the resulting drink does not need to be diluted with water, sweetened to taste, and then boiled and sterilized. Pour the finished hot juice into the jars and close hermetically with lids.
Stock up on healthy sun vitamins by processing berries and fruits into healthy, canned foods for winter use!