As soon as the apple season begins, all dishes in the kitchen acquire an apple flavor. The fruits have to be dried, boiled, baked, made from them juice, added to desserts and meat - just not to be lost. We offer to make fragrant home-made wine, and not just on the basis of apples, but on the basis of apple juice. And if you have a can of this drink, hurry to try our recipes.
Homemade wine from apple juice
This is the simplest recipe for apple wine from ready-made juice.
Ingredients:
- apple juice - 1 l;
- sugar - 100 g.
Preparation
Finished apple juice poured into a bottle, rewind the neck with a rubber glove and leave to wander for 20 days (or until the gas generation ends). At the end of time, in the juice for strength and taste, add sugar at the rate of 100 grams per 1 liter of juice. Leave the wine to wander for another month and take a sample.
If you are not in a hurry with the preparation, then you can leave the drink to ferment for a year, so it will become even more delicious.
Wine from apple juice
This recipe is a bit more complicated, since the process of making wine is preceded by the preparation of the juice itself and its fermentation.
Ingredients:
- apples - 4 kg;
- water - 9 l;
- sugar - 6-12 items;
- yeast - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- lemons - 4 pcs.
Preparation
Before making wine from apple juice, we rub the apples ourselves with a dry napkin from the dirt, remove the bones from them and fill them with boiled water. We press the mass with oppression. After 4 days fermented juice will be ready, it can be drained and mixed with sugar (to taste), lemon juice and yeast. Continue fermentation in a dark and warm place until the gas evolution is complete, after which we mix the beverage and leave for 2-3 days for precipitation. We filter the wine through gauze or gauze, we pour it on kegs and leave for six months. We pour out fermented beverage in bottles and leave to infuse in a cool place. After 2-3 months (depending on your willpower) homemade wine from apple juice will be ready.
How to prepare low-alcohol wine from juice?
A cool low-alcohol wine is what you need on a hot day. Prepare such a drink simply and quickly, because the more wine is insisted, and the more sugar it contains, the stronger it will eventually come out. The same recipe is as minimalistic and elegant as possible.
- Ingredients:
- apples - 2 kg;
- yeast - 1 tbsp. a spoon.
Preparation
We rub apples with a napkin and clean it from the bones. If you like tart wine - you can leave the bones. We pass the fruit through the juicer, and add the yeast to the ready-made juice. We let the wine ferment until the process of carbon dioxide evolution is completed. After that, the drink can be bottled, previously strained.
Low-alcoholic home-made wine from juice is not subject to long-term storage, therefore it should be consumed as soon as possible.
Apple champagne
In addition to classic apple cider and wine, sparkling wine can also be made from apple juice.
Ingredients:
- apple juice - 2.4 liters;
- water - 7 l;
- vodka - 0,75 l;
- sugar - 1,5 kg.
Preparation
Apple juice (it is better to take the juice of two varieties of apples) pour into a deep container. Water separately mixed with sugar and cook the resulting syrup for about an hour on a small fire. Cooled to warm syrup, mixed with apple juice and leave the drink in the cold for a week. In the future, we pour the champagne vodka, mix it, clog the container as tightly as possible and leave it in the cool (ideally - in the cellar) for 3-4 months.
Ready champagne will be distinguished by an easy and pleasant taste. If you prefer dry varieties of sparkling wine, then add half the sugar in the drink.