TOP 2 recipes for making sunberry wine at home
Making Sunberry wine at home is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. Sunberry is a black nightshade. It is identical in size to a cherry, but visually resembles a blueberry. It is grown even in Russian gardens quite simply, since it is distinguished by its unpretentiousness and minimal susceptibility to the climate. Wine from these berries comes out not only tasty, but also medicinal.
Cooking features
It is possible to prepare tasty and safe wine from black nightshade only using a certain technology. It will not work to use the one that is usual for ordinary grapes. Wine yeast, which is often used to make alcoholic beverages, is not used here. But in this case, the berries cannot be washed - they will preserve the natural microflora that is on the skin, which will contribute to the start of the fermentation of the drink.
Sometimes, if fermentation does not occur, you can add a little raisins (a handful of about 40-50 grams is enough). If the raisins do not help, then bread yeast is added. Of course, they will spoil the taste a little, it will be like adding a little hops to the wine.
To prepare a homemade alcoholic drink, take a cylinder from 10 to 15 liters. The composition should be filled with a maximum of a third of the total volume. If you pour more, it is likely that the mixture will overflow during fermentation.
The neck of the jar is closed with a special stopper that can let in carbon dioxide, which is certainly released during the fermentation process. If there is none, then a regular rubber glove is used, on which several holes are made. If another wine can stand even a day in the open, then for a drink from Sunberry it will be disastrous. Even the smallest ingress of oxygen threatens that the tasty drink will instantly turn into vinegar.
They put fermenting alcohol only in a warm room, because in a cold room it will instantly turn sour, or the process will stop altogether. In this case, it is undesirable to allow sunlight to enter, but it is not recommended to put it in a completely dark place.
Useful properties and harm
Sunberry - medicinal berries. Wine from them also has a number of useful properties. In folk medicine, this foreign product is given the palm in protecting the immune system and strengthening the body's natural defenses. Wine retains not only the taste of berries, but also their beneficial properties. The most significant positive effect is achieved through the content:
- Selena;
- potassium;
- manganese;
- silver;
- calcium;
- copper;
- gland;
- zinc;
- vitamin C;
- fructose;
- lactose;
- carotene and other useful substances.
Sunberry wine protects the body from age-related changes, reduces the risk of oncology, strengthens the natural protective functions of the body, improves the functioning of the endocrine and nervous systems, helps to lower blood pressure, and improves brain functioning. Of course, these are not all the benefits of wine made from an interesting berry.
But in order for it to really benefit, and not become the cause of alcoholism, it must be consumed strictly on an empty stomach and as a medicine (maximum 100 grams).
How to make sunberry wine at home
Use one of the proven recipes.
Simple recipe
To make black berry wine by the simplest method, you need a 10 liter bottle. Sunberry is prepared in the usual way: it is simply pushed through with a wooden crush until juice appears. Ingredients are taken as follows:
- 3.5 kilograms of Sunberry;
- 3 kilograms of granulated sugar;
- 7-8 liters of water.
Transfer the transferred food to the bottom of an enamel container. Add sugar, mix everything thoroughly until completely dissolved. Then pour the water so that it fills one third of the original container volume. It is not required to make a sourdough or wort separately.
The container is covered with a special water seal, or an ordinary rubber glove is put on. Readiness is checked by the amount of carbon dioxide emitted. As soon as this has stopped, then the wine can be poured into jars and put to ferment in a dry, cool and dark room. This usually only happens after a month.
Apple variant
And this wine is usually rich, tasty, rather sweet. You will need to take:
- 1 kilogram of sunberry;
- 2 kilograms of apples (always sweet, with a slight sourness);
- 3 kilograms of granulated sugar;
- water.
First, the berries are prepared in the usual way - they are pounded until the juice appears. Apples are crushed in a different way to the state of puree - in a meat grinder, grind, tinder on a grater, grind in a blender. The food is mixed and placed in a bucket or large saucepan. Leave for four days until signs of active fermentation appear. Then sugar is added. Everyone is poured into a bottle, water is added and left to ferment.
Such alcohol will be ready only after 2 months.
Shelf life and storage conditions
Store in a dark and cool place. Term - up to two years (if not higher than 18 degrees).
