Often, winter reserves of conservation remain on the shelves of the pantry for several years. In principle, it is common for preserves to preserve their properties, both taste and color, for a long time. But the housewives want to roll something from the new crop, but it’s a pity to throw out the old one. Still, labor and time spent.
In this case, there are several interesting and simple recipes for how to make wine from jam at home. This drink is aromatic, tart and sweet, with a pleasant berry aroma and taste. And you can cook it from any jam: cherry, plum, currant, apricot. The advantage of homemade wine is its naturalness and ease of manufacture.
Cherry jam wine at home
To make cherry wine, you will need 1 liter of jam, preferably seedless, 1 liter of prepared water (see below) and at least 100 grams of raisins of any kind. You need to start the process of preparing homemade wine with the preparation of containers: for this, an ordinary three-liter bottle is suitable, which must be cleaned with soda solution, and then steam sterilized and dried. Then you need to boil one liter of water and set aside to cool to room temperature. Jam should be put in a prepared bottle and pour cooled water. Here we throw a handful of raisins. We thoroughly mix all the components, close the container with a capron lid and leave it in a warm place for 10 days. The second stage is to get the wort. To do this, remove the pulp from the surface and strain the contents of the bottle through cheesecloth. The fabric needs to be folded in several layers so that it retains the remnants of the pulp. The resulting liquid must be transferred to another prepared bottle, put on a rubber glove at the neck and put it away for 40 days in the basement or pantry. All 40 days the fermentation process will take place, an inflated glove will testify to this. When she is blown away, the fermentation is over. If the wine in the bottle is transparent, then it is already ready. It must be carefully poured into bottles so as not to raise sediment from the bottom and left for another 40-60 days in a dark place.
Currant jam homemade wine
To prepare this alcoholic drink you will need old currant jam, red or black (1 l), fresh grapes (200 g), rice groats (200 g) and two liters of water. We prepare containers for wine and water in advance, as already described above. Jam, rice (unwashed) and grapes are put in a bottle, filled with cooled water, mixed and covered with a rubber glove. The fermentation process according to this recipe lasts about 20 days. When the glove is blown away and the wine becomes transparent, it is carefully bottled: it is ready to drink.
Strawberry jam wine at home
This drink has an unusual aroma and spicy taste. To prepare it you will need:
- Strawberry Jam 1 L
- Raisins 130 g
- Water 2.5 l.
The cooking process we begin, as always, with the preparation of containers. At the same time, we soak raisins in hot water.
Stir the jam thoroughly with water, add raisins and leave under a sterile rubber glove for fermentation. When the process is over, filter the liquid through cheesecloth and bottle it. We leave tightly corked containers in a cool place for 3 days.
Strawberry jam
wine at home is ready. If all the deadlines and the technological process are in accordance with the rules, the drink will turn out to be transparent, amber, with a rich taste and aroma.
Home made sour jam wine
If the jam is nevertheless spoiled (sour or moldy), it can serve as a raw material for a wonderful home-made wine. To prepare you will need:
- Water 1.5 l.
- Jam 1.5 kg.
- Raisins 1.5 tbsp. l
- Sugar 1 tbsp.
For these proportions you will need a bottle of 5 liters or more. The process of making such a wine exactly matches the cherry wine recipe described above. But the process of filtering a young drink is a little longer, it takes from 2 to 3 months.