Plum wine is not among the most popular. But its taste is original and unusual enough for many to like. Fragrant wine at home from plums is not too difficult to prepare. It perfectly complements meat dishes and desserts. The only difficulty you have to face during
the preparation of such a drink is an excess of pectin in the plums, which makes the pulp jelly-like and makes it difficult to obtain juice. But there is plenty of sugar in the fruits, so fermentation takes place intensively.
How to make plum wine on your own: preparation
First of all, you need to think about what it takes to make such a drink. You need ripe plums, sugar, water, suitable for fermentation and settling tanks and gauze. The production technology is largely similar to the preparation of other wines and tinctures, so if you have made wine at home at least once, it will be easier to make it from plums. Already acquired skills will serve you well. Please note that the recipe for wine from plums involves the use of exclusively dark varieties. They need to be collected at the time of ripeness, when the fruits have almost begun to fall. Leave them under the influence of sunlight for a couple of days, so they will finally be ready for wine. You do not need to wash them before cooking. While the fruits lie in the sun, bacteria and fungi appear on them, which subsequently act as natural yeast. So just wipe the plums with a dry cloth to remove dust.
We make wine at home from plums: preparation
Remove the seeds from the fruit. Place the pulp in a bowl and chop until smooth, turning each plum into a smoothie. In a one to one ratio, add water. Leave the mashed potatoes for a couple of days outdoors. The temperature should be about twenty degrees of heat. To prevent flies from entering the liquid, the container should be covered with gauze on top. When foam and bubbles appear on the surface, strain the mixture through a sieve or fine mesh. Ready plum juice should be poured into a special vessel for fermentation.
Wine at home from plums: the final stage
For fermentation, you need to add sugar to the juice. To make dry or semi-dry wine, add no more than two hundred and fifty grams of granulated sugar per liter, for a semisweet or sweet drink you need one hundred grams more. Stir the juice thoroughly. Set a water lock on the container and leave the wine for about a month and a half for fermentation. When the process of gas evolution stops, the must must be bottled for ripening. The minimum time until the wine is ready is two to three months. After that, you can already try the drink. Such a wine will not be able to lighten completely at this point, like apple or grape, but in any case it will not be possible to achieve absolute transparency due to the chemical composition of the plum. This simple wine at home from plums with moderate consumption has a very beneficial effect on health, especially on the state of the cardiovascular system.