Grape juice for the winter at home through a juicer, juicer or manual extraction

General advice for beginner cooks

To begin with, it is worth responsibly approaching the choice of variety. Depending on this, the drink will have various beneficial properties and taste. In general, any grape variety is suitable for obtaining a drink. But there are “dry” varieties, from which you can get a product only with the help of a juicer, and even then not very much.

You can prepare a drink both from certain grape varieties, and from all together.

1. When combined with dark and light varieties, an unusual and aromatic drink is obtained.
2. If you cook only from a white variety, then it is better to use muscat grapes.
3. The following grape varieties are most often used for squeezing juice: Cabernet, Lydia, Bianca, Zigerbe, Isabella, Armalaga, Ilyichevsky early, Johaniter, Golubok. You can get more juice from them.
4. Table varieties are used much less frequently, since they are drier and only a small amount of juice can be obtained from them.

Video “Recipe for grape juice for the winter”

From this video you will learn how to use a juicer to make delicious grape juice for the winter.

Delicious recipes

Traditional

The secret to the success of juicing this recipe is simple. The main thing is to have a reliable juicer with you. Sugar can be added if desired.

Ingredients:

• 5 kg of grapes;
• sugar to taste.

Recipe:

1. Select and separate the whole berries from the bunch and wash them thoroughly, then run them through a juicer.
2. It is common for grapes to have skins and seeds, so periodically stop the device and clean it of any dirt that has appeared.
3. Strain the juice through a cheesecloth into a saucepan, as the ground pits are astringent and have a bitter taste that needs to be removed.
4. To do this, you need to mix the juice with clean drinking water in a ratio of 2 to 1, where water accounts for one part.
5. For 1 liter of squeezed juice, pour 50 g of sugar into a saucepan.
6. Bring to a boil over medium heat until the first bubbles appear and simmer for 15 minutes.
7. Carefully pour the juice into prepared jars and roll up immediately.
8. Before opening, it is recommended to shake the drink so that the drink has a uniform consistency.

With manual spin

Such a recipe is difficult not so much in theory as in practice, because in order to make juice, you will need to crush the berries by hand. But the drink obtained at home will not have a viscous and unpleasant aftertaste of crushed bones, as after a juicer.

Ingredients:

• 5 kg of grapes;
• sugar.

Recipe:

1. Separate the ripe berries from the bunch, wash them, and then crush them with your hands or a press.
2. Strain the juice from the pulp into a saucepan with a cheesecloth filter.
3. Transfer the pulp to a separate container.
4. Fill each kilogram of gauze filter residue with 1 liter of clean water and place over medium heat.
5. Boil the pulp for 10 minutes, and then cool.
6. Strain the pulp decoction again through a gauze filter and pour into the main juice.
7. For every 2 liters of final liquid, add half a cup of sugar (optional).
8. Pour the drink into sterilized jars.
9. Roll up immediately and cool, turning upside down.
10. Such conservation can stand no more than 1 year.

Concentrated

Canning juice or compote does not always involve the use of sugar or water. Concentrated juice is a direct proof of this.

Ingredients:

• 4-5 kg ​​of grapes.

Recipe:

1. Squeeze the juice using any of the methods above and strain it through a sieve.
2. Boil in a saucepan for 5 minutes.
3. Now strain the slightly boiled juice through a gauze filter.
4. Pour the drink into bottles and roll up.

in a juicer

This recipe makes it easy to prepare any amount of grape juice. To do this, it is better to use a certain variety – Isabella. Canned juice from Isabella for the winter turns out to be slightly sweetened, fragrant and can be stored for a long time.

Ingredients:

• 10 kg of Isabella grapes;
• optional – sugar.

Recipe:

1. Select ripe berries without separating from the bunch.
2. Rinse the grapes by placing them in a special compartment in the juicer according to the instructions.
3. Do not place too many berries in the receiver: the grapes should not rise above its rim.
4. If you want to add sugar, then pour it in portions between handfuls of grapes. This is necessary to evenly distribute the sweetness in the taste of the final product.
5. According to the instructions, assemble the juicer, pour water and cook for no more than 1 hour.
6. Pour the juice into jars and seal them. Cool and put in a cool place.
7. After cleaning the juicer, you can continue to brew the next batch of juice.

With apples

Apple-grape juice can please on a cold winter evening with a combination of sour and sweet taste, invigorate with its aroma, and also have a beneficial effect on health. An apple helps to tidy up the digestive system, while grapes saturate the body with glucose.

Ingredients:

• 3 kilograms of sweet and sour or sweet apples;
• 3 kilograms of ripe grapes of any variety.

Recipe:

1. Wash the apples and cut them into small pieces.
2. Carefully separate the grapes from the bunch and wash them.
3. Assemble the juicer according to the instructions to start cooking.
4. In a special receiver, first put the grapes, then the apple slices.
5. Close the contents tightly with a lid and cook the juice from the moment the water boils for 1-2 hours, periodically stirring the berries and apples.
6. Pour the drink into sterilized jars and seal tightly.
7. Cool them down and put them in a cool place.

With tangerines

This drink will delight true gourmets with its exquisite taste and rich aroma.

Ingredients:

• 1,8 kg of white grapes;
• 0,9 kg mandarins;
• 0,25 kg of sugar;
• 0,2 L of water.

Recipe:

1. Separate the grapes from the bunch and wash thoroughly.
2. Pass them in a separate container, strain with a gauze filter and pour into a saucepan.
3. Peel the tangerines and cut them into wedges.
4. Grind the tangerines with a juicer, and pour the resulting juice into the grape.
5. Heat the liquid well, but do not bring it to a boil by adding water and sugar.
6. Pour into jars and seal tightly.

Grape juice, prepared according to any of the recipes, is the quintessence of a pleasant taste and beneficial properties. Whether you cooked it with syrup (added sugar), just water, or none at all, it has a positive effect on digestion and immunity.

It also improves blood flow and heart function, relieves neuroses, insomnia, prevents senile myopia, the appearance of cataracts and kidney stones. Most importantly, if desired, it can be prepared with the addition of other ingredients.