My favorite juice is grape! And if as many as 7 kilograms of homemade (even sour and with seeds) grapes fell, then this is fate!
Grape juice for the winter is just a fairy tale. It is natural, without dyes, preservatives and flavor enhancers. Moreover, it is quite concentrated, so I recommend using it in a diluted form (especially those who have increased acidity of gastric juice, otherwise you will suffer from heartburn).
In general, natural means using only grapes, but I also decided to make some adjustments. In particular, I added water - so we get even more juice from the cake. Well, sugar - this will not only improve the taste of the finished product (sweeten it), but also provide even better storage (sugar is a natural preservative).
Depending on the juiciness of the grapes, the amount of juice obtained may vary. Out of 7 kilograms, I got a little less than 4 liters of squeezed juice. Well, okay, first things first.
How to cook "Grape juice for the winter" step by step with a photo at home
So, let's prepare our wealth, namely homemade grapes. I had both dark and light, but both types taste completely inedible (sour berries with huge seeds). You can't grow another one in Belarus, not the right climate. And let's take granulated sugar and water - then I'll tell you why they are needed.
I want to say right away that if you decide to prepare grape juice without a juicer (there are such things, but I don’t have one, of course, but I want homemade juice), be patient. First of all, sort out the grapes - we throw away dry, rotten, spoiled berries. The rest are washed and removed from the branches. This is the largest pot I have - I made 3 of them.
Now here's what else I want to say. There is an opinion that you cannot get juice from grapes through a juicer - they say, the seeds will be crushed and the juice will be spoiled (the juice will have an astringent taste). Yes, it's not true! The bones fly into the cake, like pretty little ones, and remain intact. But of course there will be a lot of foam. We squeeze the juice from the grapes, when the collection is filled with cake, clean it and continue on a new one.
And here is the cake - there is a lot of it. Pour the cake with water and add sugar. Put everything on the stove and bring to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring to dissolve the sugar. All - let the mass cool down. What is it for? It's simple: no matter what super-juicer you have, the cake still contains a lot of juice, and this is how we will extract it.
See the pot? There - the purest grape juice without foam, turbidity, pulp and sediment. But behind this picture - several hours of torment. I am not kidding! Have you ever manually squeezed the juice from grapes? If yes, you will understand me. So here are my tips. First of all, buy sterile rubber gloves if you do not want to scratch your hands for a day, like from nettle burns. The more acidic the grape, the more acid it contains, which corrodes the skin of the hands. I didn't have gloves, of course. We squeeze the juice through 4-5 layers of gauze - it goes pretty tight if you do not use force, and will take a long time. In addition, it is also impossible to squeeze very hard and quickly - the pulp will get into the juice. The cooled cake also needs to be squeezed out - even more difficult. If you happen to have a husband at home, rather make a dejected expression on your face and call him for help! Okay, it's all lyrics - we still got the juice!
A rich harvest of grapes is an exceptional joy for the grower. But when it is in excess, you will have to take care of processing. Why not make homemade grape juice and prepare it for the winter? In the cold, this healthy fortified drink will help the immune system cope with colds and other "winter" sores. Let us dwell in more detail on how to make grape juice at home.
The best varieties for grape juice
Homemade grape juice can be made from any grape variety that is available. But there are varieties that growers recommend as the best for making this drink. The most delicious will be juice from grapes Isabella, Black Kish-Mish, Cardinal, Uspensky, Highlander, Crimean, Victoria.
Grape juice through a juicer
A juicer for grapes is suitable for the most ordinary. First, prepare the raw materials: remove the berries from the brushes and rinse them well. Now you can pour the grapes into the juicer. If the grapes are seeded, then periodically the operation of the device will need to be suspended and cleaned of accumulated debris. After squeezing, you should get a rich, tart liquid. Astringency is given by grape seeds, which are partially damaged during the extraction. Drain the liquid into a saucepan, filtering through cheesecloth. In order to store grape juice for the winter, it must be diluted with water. Proportions: 2 parts grapes, 1 part water. Add granulated sugar to the diluted liquid, it will take 50 grams for each liter of liquid.
We put the prepared raw materials on fire and boil for 20-25 minutes after boiling. Now the juice can be poured into jars, they must be sterilized, as well as the lids. Roll up and put in heat with lids down. A homemade drink prepared in this way most often precipitates, so shake it a little before drinking.
If there is no juicer in the arsenal, then you can squeeze it with your hands or with the help of a press. This process is laborious, but as a result, the juice is tastier than that passed through a juicer. There is no taste of grape seed in it. Making a drink from grapes in this way has some nuances. Washed, removed from the brushes, crush the grapes with your hands. The resulting liquid is filtered through several layers of gauze and set aside. Next, let's deal with the remaining pulp. Fill it with water: a liter of water per kilogram of raw materials, put on fire. You need to boil the mass for 10 minutes. After complete cooling, we decant the liquid, squeeze the pulp well, pour in the juice here. Add sugar to your own taste, the optimal rate is half a glass of 2 liters. Now we pour the finished product into jars and send it for sterilization. We sterilize liter jars for 12-15 minutes, three-liter jars for 30-40 minutes. We roll up the jars and wrap them upside down, put them away for storage after they have cooled completely.
Grape juice through a juicer
Grape juice prepared with a juicer has a number of advantages. Additional processing of berries is not required, and the finished drink does not need to be diluted with water and sterilized. In the finished drink, it is enough to add sugar to taste, boil, and you can cork. 
Recipes for homemade grape juice and products based on it.
At home, you can prepare not only pure grape juice, you can enrich the taste using a variety of fruits and additives. Let's look at some interesting options.
Recipe #1
Ingredients:
Cooking.
We process all fruit and berry components in a juicer, add sugar and you can drink the juice. If a drink prepared according to this recipe is prepared for the winter, then it will be necessary to subject it to heat treatment. Bring the liquid to a boil and boil for 20 minutes, after which you can roll it into jars. If desired, sugar can be replaced with honey, it will take less: 30 grams. You can make a mint decoction that goes well with grape juice. To prepare it, take: a glass of water, 30 grams of honey, mint leaves. Mix all ingredients and cook for 15 minutes. The cooled mint broth is added to the already prepared drink.
Recipe number 2
If the grapes are too sour, it will be difficult to make a good homemade drink from them. But sour grape juice is an excellent base for sauces for meat and poultry. We prepare juice from sour grapes using a juicer or a manual method.
Sauce Ingredients:
Cooking.
Garlic and ginger are peeled and cut as finely as possible. Fry all this in butter, five minutes will be enough. Add the grape juice to the pan and reduce by about 2/3. At the end, salt and pepper the sauce and it can be served at the table. The sauce is sweet and sour with a spicy taste.
Recipe number 3
This variant of homemade grape juice is suitable for those who have a variety of varieties in their vineyard. Ideally combined with each other, tart, sweet and sour varieties.
Ingredients:
Cooking.
Squeeze the grape juice with your hands or through a juicer. We dilute it in a ratio of 3: 1 with water, add sugar. The finished drink is sterilized and corked. See above for sterilization times.
Recipe number 4
It may seem a bit strange, but leaves and twigs can be used to make grape juice. Such a drink is used in cooking, cosmetology and clinical nutrition. It speeds up metabolic processes, which contributes to weight loss. Nutritionists recommend this option to everyone who is losing weight.
Ingredients:
Cooking.
Grapes right on the tassels along with my leaves and pass through a juicer. Boil the water mixed with sugar and pour the syrup into the liquid. After sterilization can be stored in the refrigerator (up to 3 months) or sealed. For weight loss drink, diluting with water 1:1. The product is effective for acne, they need to wash themselves within a week. In this case, you do not need to add sugar, just dilute the liquid with water.
Terms and conditions of storage of grape juice
If grape juice is harvested for storage, heat treatment is indispensable. Freshly squeezed should be drunk immediately. A sterilized drink in the refrigerator can be stored for about a month under a plastic lid. Grape juice, corked in jars, is stored for a year until the next harvest.
Homemade grape juice is incredibly healthy. It contains folic acid, organic acids, iron, zinc, copper, phosphorus, sodium, many vitamins - C, PP, A, B. Dark grape juice has a beneficial effect on brain function and vision. And the juice from light grapes is especially rich in iron, it strengthens the immune system well. But at the same time, there are some restrictions on the use of this delicious drink. Grape juice is very high in calories, so it is not recommended to use it for overweight people. It is also contraindicated in people suffering from diabetes, hypertension and stomach diseases.
winter grape juice recipe
Ingredients:
- grapes - 10 kg;
- sugar - to taste.
Cooking
First, we sort out the grapes, remove spoiled and sluggish berries. Good grapes do not need to be picked from the branches. Thoroughly wash the bunches and put them in the container of the juicer. The number of berries should not exceed the rim. If you plan to add sugar, then you need to do it now, sprinkling it on the berries. Now we proceed to the assembly of the juice cooker: pour water into the lower part, and put a container for juice on top, we install a container with grapes on it. We put on the stove, cover with a lid and turn on the fire. It will take about an hour to make juice. After that, remove the clamp from the hose and pour the juice into the pan. Immediately pour hot juice into jars and roll up. After that, we remove the spent berries, lay new ones and proceed to the preparation of a new portion of juice.
Grape juice for the winter through a juicer
Ingredients:
- grapes - 5 kg.
Cooking
We separate the grapes from the twigs, discard the unripe and damaged ones. Wash good berries and squeeze the juice out of them with a juicer. After that, we filter it twice through cheesecloth, folded in several layers. We heat the juice to a temperature of 60 degrees, and then let it brew for a couple of hours. After that, the juice is carefully poured into another container so that all the sediment remains in the old pan. We put the juice container on the fire, heat it to a temperature of 90 degrees and pour it into sterile jars and immediately roll it up.
Apple-grape juice for the winter
Ingredients:
- grapes - 10 kg;
- apples - 5 kg.
Cooking
My grapes, separate the berries from the leaves and twigs and pass them through a juicer. Pour the resulting juice into a saucepan. In the same way, we squeeze the juice from apples and pour it into a saucepan with grape juice. Bring the mixture almost to a boil, pour into jars and sterilize for 20 minutes, then roll up.
How to prepare grape juice for the winter?
Ingredients:
- muscat grapes - 5 kg;
- water - 2 l;
- sugar - 1 kg.
Cooking
Wash the grapes thoroughly, remove the berries from the brushes, place them in an enamel pan and fill with water (2 l). We put on fire, bring to a boil and cook for about 30 minutes. After that, remove the pan from the heat, and filter the contents. Pour sugar into the resulting juice and put it on fire again, bring to a boil and boil for another 10 minutes. Now pour the juice into prepared sterile jars and roll it up.
How to prepare grape juice for the winter?
According to this recipe, you can make juice when there are no special devices at hand - neither a juicer nor a juicer.
Ingredients:
First of all, you need to prepare the grapes. Move the grapes to a colander. Rinse well to remove dust and dirt. If you find defective berries, immediately remove them. Disconnect the berries from the bunch.
Now you need a 5-6 liter pot. Use stainless or enameled dishes, it is better not to use aluminum. Move all the berries into it, pour two glasses of tap water. Set over low heat, cover the pot with a lid, and bring to a boil. You don't need to mix.
As it warms up, the berries will gradually release juice. It will take about 30-40 minutes for the contents of the pot to come to a boil. At this step, take a spoon and mix well. Make the flame small so that the berry mass boils a little and cook for another 15-20 minutes.
After the specified time, even more juice will stand out and all the berries will be covered with liquid. Remove from heat and cool until warm.
Filter the warm juice from the pulp. Use a fine sieve or cheesecloth folded in several layers. Wring out the pulp well.
Return the juice back to the pot. In this case, it turned out 2.5 liters of pure juice. He is very concentrated. Dilute it with water to the desired taste, add sugar to taste, send to the fire and let it boil. Boil for 5-8 minutes.
In the meantime, you need to prepare the container. Rinse jars and lids with soda, rinse with running water, sterilize. Pack boiling juice in sterile jars.
Close with sterile lids. Turn over and leave to cool completely in this position.
Then move to a closet or basement.
Grapes are one of the most powerful natural products that have an antioxidant and antidepressant effect on the body. With its constant use, the human body rejuvenates, comes into tone. Grape juice has a similar effect on the body, so it is often prepared by housewives for the winter. Some housewives make grape juice with seeds, which gives the drink a tart taste, healing in relation to the cardiovascular system.
Grapes are one of the most powerful natural products that have an antioxidant and antidepressant effect on the body.
The easiest way to get a drink from grapes at home is to squeeze it with a juicer.
During the spinning process you will need:
- 5 kilos of grapes;
- 200 grams of sugar.
Step by step preparation:
- The berries are washed, moved, cleaned from the stalks.
- All ripe and whole berries are passed through a juicer.
- The resulting nectar is filtered using gauze folded in several layers.
- The filtered juice is poured into an enameled container, which is placed on the burner. The juice is brought to a boil and boiled for 15 minutes over low heat. During cooking, the emerging foam should be removed.
- Then sugar is added to the drink. Granulated sugar is best added, observing the proportions: 50 grams per 1 liter of drink.
- The liquid is boiled until the sugar is completely dissolved and immediately poured into a pre-sterilized container and sealed.
In the process of preserving grape drink from sweet varieties of berries, you can not add sugar to the drink, since it will turn out to be quite sweet without it.
How to quickly and easily prepare grape juice for the winter (video)
Making grape juice without a juicer
If the hostess does not have a juicer, you can squeeze the juice from the grapes with your own hands.
For this you will need:
- grape;
- water.
The ingredients should be taken in a ratio of 10 to 1.
If the hostess does not have a juicer, you can squeeze the juice from the grapes with your own hands
How to do:
- The berries are sorted, washed, cleaned of twigs, stacked in an enameled container.
- The berry mass is poured with water, placed on the burner and boiled for 12 minutes.
- The water is drained, the berry mass is transferred to a bowl with a straight bottom and kneaded with a pusher.
- The cake is filtered through gauze, the resulting juice is poured into a saucepan, brought to 90 degrees and poured into a sterilized jar.
- The drink should immediately be closed with the preservation key.
When using sour grapes, a small amount of granulated sugar should be added to the drink before the last brewing.
Grape juice: the easiest recipe at home
This recipe makes it quick and easy to make juice from grapes without the use of additional specific equipment such as a juicer or juicer.
To prepare the drink, you need only 8 kilos of grapes.
Step by step recipe:
- The grapes are carefully separated from the twigs, moved and washed.
- All berries are transferred to a colander, which is placed over an enameled bowl.
- All the juice is squeezed out of the berries using a press or a regular spoon.
- The liquid is poured into a saucepan, and then filtered twice through cheesecloth, folded in several layers.
- The drink is boiled for 15 minutes, and then immediately poured into sterilized jars and sealed.
If desired, a small amount of granulated sugar can be added to the drink. This should be done before drinking. Juice prepared in this way for the winter can be stored in a dark, cool place for 1 year.
Isabella grape homemade: delicious juice
A delicious, rich drink is obtained from the Isabella grape variety. This drink is characterized by moderate astringency due to the dense skin of the berries.
All you need to make a drink is grapes..
A delicious, rich drink is obtained from the Isabella grape variety.
How to squeeze and preserve a drink:
- Grapes are moved, washed. To make juice, you only need ripe whole berries.
- All grapes are stacked in an enameled container and kneaded to a state of pulp.
- The resulting pulp is heated to 65 degrees, and then removed from the burner and cooled to 40 degrees.
- The pulp is squeezed out, the resulting liquid is drained into a separate bowl and settled until clarified, that is, until all the pulp has settled to the bottom. Then the drink is carefully poured into another container, filtering through gauze folded in several layers.
- The clarified drink is placed on the burner and heated to 90 degrees, the resulting drink is poured into sterilized containers and sealed.
It is better to store such a drink at a temperature of 2-5 degrees in a dark place in order to exclude the formation of sediment in the container.
Recipe for making grape juice using a juicer
If you need to preserve a large amount of juice, you can use a juicer.
To make a drink, you only need grapes.
If you need to preserve a large amount of juice, you can use a juicer
How to do:
- All berries are moved, cleaned of twigs and washed.
- All grapes are laid in a juice cooker - on its upper tier. The tier should not be filled too tightly: the level of berries should not exceed the side of the department.
- If you want to make the drink sweeter, at this stage you should sprinkle them with granulated sugar.
- Water is poured into the lower compartment of the juicer, and a reservoir for collecting juice is placed on it. A tier filled with grapes is installed on the tank.
- The container is closed with a lid, and then a sterilized juice collector hose is installed and fixed with a clamp.
- 50 minutes after the start of juicing, the clamp is removed from the hose, the hot drink is poured into sterilized jars. Grape drink should be immediately corked and put upside down. The juice should cool in a warmed state.
When preparing a drink in a juicer, the blanks do not require additional sterilization, since the liquid is treated with steam during the brewing process. If desired, an apple-grape drink can also be prepared in this way. In this case, along with the grapes, washed apple slices are placed in the upper compartment.
How to make grape juice with seeds?
This method of making juice involves boiling whole grapes.. This preparation greatly facilitates the process of obtaining a drink, but the drink is less concentrated.
During the cooking process you will need:
- 4.4 kilos of grapes;
- 1.9 liters of water;
- 0.75 kilos of sugar.
How to cook:
- The grapes are washed, removed from the bunches and cleaned from the stalks.
- The berries are transferred to an enameled container and filled with water.
- The container is placed on the burner, and the liquid inside it is brought to a boil and boiled for half an hour.
- Then the broth is filtered, sweetened, everything is mixed, and the liquid is again sent to the stove.
- The mixture is boiled for 10 minutes, poured into sterilized containers and sealed.
You can open the prepared blank immediately, it is better to serve the drink to the table in a chilled state. It is worth considering that such cooking of juice with seeds will give it a tart taste.
Grape juice for the winter (video)
Preservation of grape juice allows you to get a delicious healthy drink that will save you from beriberi and toxins in the body in winter. Moreover, due to the production of concentrated juice, such preparations are quite economical in terms of storage. Ready saturated juice, prepared only from grapes, is advised to be diluted with water in a ratio of 1 to 1.
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