6 simple recipes for making fresh cranberry wine at home
Fresh cranberry wine is considered not only delicious, but also a healthy drink. The berries contain a sufficient amount of vitamins and enzymes that have a beneficial effect on the work of the human body. In moderation, homemade wine will help strengthen the immune system, prevent the development of vitamin deficiency, vascular and heart diseases.
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Cooking features
During the preparation of a wine drink, they are guided by the advice of experienced winemakers:
- To obtain a rich and strong wine, it is necessary to use ripe berries without visible damage. Otherwise, the product will acquire a dark shade and tart taste.
- After processing the berries, you should immediately squeeze the juice out of them. This will help preserve the flavor profile of the cranberries.
- Cultural yeast is used to ferment alcoholic products.
- Wine is diluted with water to reduce concentration. But no more than 2 times. Otherwise, the finished product will be transparent.
Important! To enrich the nutrient medium of the product, use 4 g of ammonia for each liter of wine preparation. However, this procedure is optional.
Raw material preparation rules
When preparing berries, you need to be guided by the following rules:
- Cranberries are harvested in autumn after frost. At this time, it contains the maximum amount of sugar.
- It is unacceptable to use overripe fruits. They can make the drink overly tart.
- Before pressing, the berries are sorted out to prevent debris from entering the wine.
- It is not recommended to wash cranberries before cooking. On its surface there are natural components that start the fermentation process.
To obtain juice, the fruits are ground and then passed through a juicer.
How to make cranberry wine at home
Below are the best methods for making delicious table wine from fresh cranberries.
Simple recipe
The drink is prepared as follows:
- 1 glass of berries is poured with 2 glasses of clean water.
- Pour in some sugar and leave the mixture for a week in a warm place. This is necessary to obtain the leaven.
- Pour 2 kg of grated berries into a deep container, fill them with 1 kg of granulated sugar.
- Pour 700 ml of pure water into the resulting workpiece. The components are mixed and sent to infuse for 6 hours.
- Combine the prepared starter with the cranberry mass, put a rubber glove with a hole made on the bottom of the can.
- The wine is sent to infuse for 2 months. You need to check it periodically and remove the sediment.
- After that, the drink is thoroughly filtered several times and bottled.
The resulting product is stored in a cellar.
From dried fruits
The product is prepared according to a simple recipe:
- Grind 1 kg of cranberries and grind in a meat grinder.
- Combine the resulting mass with 1 tsp. pectin enzyme.
- Pour 500 ml of pure water into the mixture and leave the starter culture for 4 days.
- Combine 1 kg of sugar and 3 liters of water in a separate container, boil the mass until a syrup is obtained.
- When the sugar is completely dissolved, the syrup is poured into the cranberry billet, 2 tablespoons of brewer's yeast are added and the wine base is left for 3 days.
- Now you can remove the sediment and install a water seal.
- After that, the wine is sent back to fermentation in a warm place.
- After 1 month, the drink is filtered and bottled.
Important! However, it is not recommended to use the product immediately. It must be kept for six months.
Without leaven
To create a delicious drink you need:
- Grind 2 kg of fruit until smooth.
- Add 1 g of granulated sugar and 4 liters of clean water. Cover the resulting blank with gauze and leave for 6 days.
- Strain the infused wine base. The result should be juice.
- Pour in another 1 kg of sugar and wait until it is completely dissolved.
- Install a water seal and leave the drink for 3 days.
- Boil 1 kg of sugar in 2 liters of water until a homogeneous syrup is obtained.
- Pour it over the cranberry stock. Send the mass to infuse for 30 days.
As a result, the wine is filtered and transferred to the cellar. Before use, a six-month exposure is required.
With black currant
The cooking process is as follows:
- Grind 500 g of cranberries and the same amount of currants until smooth.
- Pour 2 kg of sugar into the resulting mass, pour all 1 liter of water and leave for 3 days.
- After a while, add 2 tablespoons of brewer's yeast and leave the mass for a week.
- Install a water seal and take out the wine to a warm room. Wait 2 months.
- Filter the drink, bottle it.
Let the product stand for several months before use.
With apples
Making a drink is easy:
- Grind 2 g of cranberries and 500 g of apples in a meat grinder.
- Stir the mixture with 2 kg of sugar. Send her to infuse for 3 days.
- Make a starter from 2 glasses of water and 2 tablespoons of yeast, leave for 2 days.
- Combine the fruit base with the sourdough, pour in 1 liter of water.
- Send the mass to a warm place for 3 days.
- Install a water seal and let the wine ferment for 1 month.
As a result, the product is filtered and distributed into bottles.
Cranberry wine on vodka
A fortified drink is easy to prepare:
- Put 700 g of berries in a jar.
- Pour 1 kg of sugar into it and leave for 5 days. Shake the container every day.
- Pour in 500 g of vodka, leave for 3 weeks, stir occasionally.
- Filter the mass 4-5 times, remove the cake and pour the wine into bottles.
Before use, it is kept in the refrigerator for several days.
What if the berries are fermented?
If the fruits begin to ferment, it is recommended to use them as a base for sourdough. Delicious wine drinks and fruit liqueurs are made from it.
It is forbidden to consume cranberries in this form.
How and how long can the finished product be stored?
Cranberry wine is stored for up to 3 years at a temperature of 2 to 10 degrees. It is better to keep drinks in a cellar or a room specially equipped for alcohol. If the product is stored in the refrigerator, it is recommended to drink it for several months.
