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Rosehip wine is a fragrant and tasty drink. It retains many valuable elements, which is useful for certain diseases and for their prevention. Homemade wine can be made from rose hips or petals, and various ingredients can be added.
Selection and preparation of ingredients, containers
Wine can be made from fresh, dried, frozen rose hips and even their flowers. Fruits should be collected in a clean place away from roads and industrial plants. Choose large ripened berries of dark red color. It is better to collect them in late September or early October.
Шиповник обязательно перебирать, избавляясь от испорченных экземпляров – следы гнили и плесени недопустимы. Сырье обязательно хорошо промыть и полностью высушить.
To make wine you need clean water. It is better to take a bottled product. You can use well or spring water, but boiled for safety.
To make homemade wine, it is important to choose the right dishes and accessories:
- Vessels. Oak barrels are considered the best containers, but at home, glass is ideal. Food plastic is suitable for primary fermentation. Volume is important – first, the dishes must be filled to a maximum of 65-75%, then to the brim. It is better to have several vessels with different displacements.
- Odor trap to remove carbon dioxide. You can buy a container already equipped with it or get by with a rubber glove by making a hole in your finger.
- Thermometer to control the room temperature.
- Measuring capacity. It is convenient to use dishes that are already equipped with a scale.
All containers and accessories must be clean and dry. For safety, they should be disinfected or sterilized.
How to make rosehip wine at home
Homemade rosehip wine can be made according to different recipes. The differences lie mainly in the ingredients.
A simple recipe for homemade dry rosehip wine
Making rosehip wine is easy. For a liter jar of dried berries you need:
- 3,5 L of water;
- 0,55 kg of granulated sugar;
- 4 g wine yeast.
The cooking algorithm is as follows:
- В теплую воду добавить 0,3 кг сахара, перемешать.
- Засыпать ягоды, перемешать.
- Dissolve yeast in ten parts of warm water, leave for 15 minutes warm under a towel.
- Add sourdough to fruits.
- Put a water seal, leave for two weeks at room temperature.
- When fermentation is over, add the rest of the sugar.
- After active fermentation, strain through cheesecloth, leave for another two weeks.
- После появления осадка отфильтровать через сифон.
- Add bentonite for clarification.
Rosehip wine with honey
The drink according to this recipe is not only tasty, but also healthy. For him you will need:
- 1 liter of dry red wine;
- 1 glass of ground rosehip;
- ½ cup honey.
Making this wine is easy:
- Place all ingredients in a saucepan, put on fire.
- After boiling, cook for 12-15 minutes, constantly removing the foam.
- Cool the wine, strain, leave for two weeks.
- Boil the composition again, removing the foam. After cooling, strain, insist another two weeks.
- Pour the wine into bottles, put in the refrigerator or cellar.
Wine from fresh rose hips with vodka
The drink according to this recipe is strong. To prepare it, you need the following ingredients:
- 4 kg of fresh fruits;
- 2,5 kg of granulated sugar;
- 1,2 L of water;
- 1,5 liters of vodka.
Algorithm:
- Pour the berries into a glass bowl.
- Add the sugar.
- Pour boiling water.
- When cool, add vodka.
- Cover with gauze, leave in the sun until the fruit floats.
- Strain, add more granulated sugar, mix and wait for it to dissolve.
- Drain the juice into a new container, add water to the shoulders, close, put in the cold for 18 days.
- Процедить через марлю, разлить по бутылкам, закупорить.
Rosehip wine with raisins
To make rosehip wine according to this recipe, for 20 liters of water you will need:
- 6 kg of fresh berries;
- 6 kg of sugar;
- 0,2 kg of raisins (can be replaced with fresh grapes).
Bones from berries can not be removed, raisins do not need to be washed. Cooking algorithm:
- Mash the fruits with a rolling pin.
- Boil 4 liters of water with 4 kg of granulated sugar, cook for five minutes over low heat.
- Place the prepared rose hips with raisins in a container with a wide mouth, pour over the syrup and the rest of the water.
- Mix the contents, tie the dishes with gauze.
- Keep the product in a dark place at 3-4 °C for 18-25 days, stir daily.
- When signs of fermentation appear, pour the contents into a bottle – at least a third of the container should remain free.
- Install a water seal.
- Wine to infuse in a dark place at 18-29 ° C, avoiding temperature differences.
- After a week, strain the drink, add the remaining sugar, put a water seal.
- After 1-1,5 months, the drink is clarified, sediment appears at the bottom. Without touching it, it is necessary to pour the liquid into another bottle using a straw. The container must be filled to the brim.
- Install a water seal or tight cover.
- Keep the wine in a dark place at 2-3 °C for 5-16 months.
- Pour the wine into new bottles without touching the sediment.
A quick recipe for wild rose wine with yeast raisins
The yeast in this recipe speeds up the fermentation process. For 1 kg of rose hips you need:
- 0,1 kg of raisins;
- 3 L of water;
- 10 g yeast;
- 0,8 kg of sugar;
- 1 tsp citric acid (optional)
The cooking algorithm is as follows:
- Mash the wild rose into a pulp, place in an enameled container.
- Pour raisins with half the water, cook for 2-3 minutes, cool.
- Add sugar to the rest of the water, cook for five minutes, cool.
- Combine rose hips with raisins (do not drain the liquid) and sugar syrup.
- Add yeast diluted according to instructions.
- Cover the dishes with gauze, keep in the dark for 1,5 months.
When the fermentation process is over, all that remains is to strain the wine and bottle it.
Rosehip wine with citruses and basil
The taste of the drink according to this recipe is unusual. The composition includes:
- 175 г сушеного шиповника;
- 1 kg fresh or 0,6 kg dried basil leaves;
- 2 oranges and lemons;
- 1 kg of sugar;
- 5 g of wine yeast;
- 5 g each of tannin, pectin enzyme and tronozymol.
The cooking algorithm is as follows:
- Rinse fresh basil under running water and chop coarsely.
- Place greens and wild rose in a saucepan, pour 2 liters of boiling water.
- Bring to a boil, insist overnight.
- Squeeze out the raw materials, pour all the liquid into a fermentation bowl, add lemon and orange juices, sugar syrup (prepare in 0,5 l of water).
- Close the container with gauze, cool the contents.
- Add zest, yeast, enzyme, tannin and tronozymol.
- Infuse for a week in a warm place, stirring daily.
- Pour the wine into another container, add three parts of cold water, install a water seal.
- When the wine becomes light, pour it into another container without affecting the sediment.
- Keep pushing for a few more months.
Wine made from rosehip petals
Rosehip wine is very fragrant. It requires:
- liter jar of petals;
- 3 L of water;
- Xnum l vodka;
- 0,45 kg of granulated sugar;
- 2 st. l. citric acid.
Prepare homemade wine from rosehip petals according to the following recipe:
- Rinse the petals, add sugar with citric acid, warm boiled water.
- Mix everything, insist under the lid in a cool and dark place for half a month.
- Strain the drink, pour in the vodka.
- Wait at least a few more weeks.
Terms and conditions of storage
It is recommended to store rosehip wine at 10-14 °C. The best place for this is a well-ventilated basement. The optimum humidity is 65-80%. If it is higher, then mold may appear. Low humidity can cause the corks to dry out, allowing air to enter the bottles.
The drink can be stored for two years. It is important that he is at rest. To do this, it is necessary to exclude shocks, vibrations, vibrations, shifting and turning bottles. It is better to keep them in a horizontal position so that the cork is constantly in contact with the contents, this eliminates contact with oxygen and subsequent oxidation.
Conclusion
Rosehip wine at home can be prepared according to different recipes. It is important to choose and prepare the container correctly, use only high-quality raw materials, at least one product for fermentation. The entire preparation process usually takes several months.