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Sunberry is a European black nightshade crossed with its African “relative”. The berries are shiny black, the size of a cherry, similar in appearance to blueberries. They have a high yield, are unpretentious in care, and have excellent taste. It is important to know the recipe for sunberry wine, which has unique healing and nutritional properties.
The benefits and harms of sunberry wine
Wine made from Sunberry black nightshade is used in folk medicine for the treatment and prevention of various diseases. The drink retains almost all the beneficial properties of miracle berries, which are so called for their amazing healing properties. The therapeutic effect of sunberry wine is due to its rich chemical composition:
- selenium prevents age-related changes in the body, prevents the appearance of cancerous pathologies;
- manganese strengthens protective functions;
- potassium;
- calcium;
- silver has an antibacterial effect;
- iron;
- copper regulates the level of glycemia;
- zinc has a good effect on the functioning of the pituitary gland;
- vitamin C produces immunity in the body, supports the work of the endocrine and nervous systems;
- carotene has a cleansing effect on the body;
- fructose;
- lactose;
- anthocyanins purify the blood, improve its composition;
- pectins remove toxins from the body.
Due to the high content of easily digestible fructose, sunberry wine in small quantities will be useful even for diabetics. Such a drink will cleanse and make the blood vessels elastic, improve blood circulation, give a charge of vivacity and energy, and cheer you up. Sunberry wine should be drunk before meals. The drink will help saturate the body with almost all the trace elements necessary for normal life, improve digestion. Sunberry wine has healing properties:
- laxative;
- diuretic;
- antiparasitic;
- antiseptic;
- restores vision;
- prevents prostate cancer;
- accelerates the treatment of prostate adenoma;
- relieves headaches, migraines;
- strengthens the cardiovascular system;
- increases the elasticity of blood vessels;
- improves digestion of food, favorably affects the work of the digestive system;
- has a positive effect on the liver, genitourinary system;
- serves as a preventive measure against seasonal diseases.
How to make wine from sunberries
To make homemade wine, you can use not only grapes, but also any other berries. Drinking such a drink in moderation, you can replenish the body with the necessary trace elements, vitamins and other nutrients. The average daily amount for an adult should be 50-70 ml.
Home winemaking has been gaining momentum in recent years. And this is not surprising. Wine made at home, with your own hands, carries the rich taste of natural berries and will give you a great mood.
If special wine yeast is not used in the manufacture of wine, then it is better not to wash the berries so as not to lose the natural microflora that nests on the skin of the fruit. You can also add a handful of raisins. This will ensure the fermentation process and give the drink a noble note in taste.
If all the measures taken have not given the desired effect, you can add a little bread yeast. Otherwise, the drink may turn sour. It is not recommended to use brewer’s yeast here, they will not withstand high concentrations of alcohol and will quickly stop fermenting.
To make wine from sunberries, you will need a 10-15-liter bottle, which must be filled to 2/3 of the volume. The neck should be closed with a cork so that it allows air to pass through. In the process of fermentation of wines, carbon dioxide is actively released, high pressure is created. Therefore, the gas must be removed, but so carefully that oxygen does not enter the bottle of sunberry wine, which activates the vital activity of bacteria that convert alcohol into acetic acid.
Can be used:
- cotton wool;
- rubber glove (prick holes with a needle);
- water lock.
Leave the bottle of sunberry wine in a place where it will not be exposed to direct sunlight, but not completely dark.
sunberry wine recipe
Take a 10 liter bottle. Crush the sunberries with a crusher or in any other way.
Ingredients:
- sunberry – 3,5 kg;
- granulated sugar – 3 kg;
- water.
Place the prepared berry mass in a bottle, add sugar, add water up to the shoulders. Put on a rubber glove on the neck and set for fermentation. The wine will be ready in about a month. When the glove falls off, it can already be bottled and sent to a cold storage place, such as a cellar or basement. Take 50 ml in the evening before meals.
Apples recipe
To make wine, crush sunberries in a mortar. Apples are better to take fragrant, sweet and sour varieties. Ranetki are well suited, as they have a slightly sour and tart taste. They are also subjected to grinding in a blender or in a meat grinder. Mix both components in equal proportions.
Place in a suitable container, such as an enameled bucket or something else. Leave it like this for 4 days. To speed up the fermentation process of sunberry wine, add a teaspoon of sugar for each kilogram of fruit mass, mix.
Ingredients:
- berries (sunberry) – 1 kg;
- apples (ranetka) – 3 kg;
- granulated sugar – 2 kg;
- water – 10 l.
After this period, pour everything with water, add sugar. Place in a glass bottle, close with a water seal. Sunberry wine will be ready in about 2-2,5 months.
Terms and conditions of storage
Sunberry wine should be stored in a cool, dark place so that under direct sunlight it does not lose its rich saturated color, the active ingredients of the drink do not collapse. The most suitable container for this would be a glass bottle. When the sunberry wine is ready, it should be bottled and placed in a cold place.
Conclusion
The sunberry wine recipe may be slightly different. You can add your own ingredients if you wish. In this case, complete freedom of creativity is provided, but it is important to observe the main technological points of making wine.