The fruits of mulberry are reasonably considered a storehouse of vitamins, they are consumed fresh or they are made of jam. Particularly resourceful housewives find another way to apply tasty berries - make wine from mulberry, which even gourmet gourmets will appreciate.
How to make wine from mulberry?
Berries are rich in plant antioxidants and sugar, especially for black mulberry. To get a good wine from mulberry at home, consider the following points:
- A fragrant and delicious drink is obtained from black fruits. Of the red and white berries, the wine will be less delicious.
- If this is the first attempt to make wine from mulberry, then you should use lemon juice or acid, otherwise there is a risk of overdoing with additives and smotching the flavor and aroma of berries.
- Mulberry has a low acidity, which contributes to the fact that the wine does not wander from the mulberry. To cause fermentation, yeast is used, but there are ways of cooking without them. On the completion of the process will testify to the glove, put on the bottle, which falls off.
Simple mulberry wine at home
Extremely simple mulberry wine at home can be prepared from fresh berries, and those that have lost their form. There are several versions of the classic recipe, one of which is incredibly simple. The secret is that the mulberry does not need to be washed, otherwise all the stamps of the wild yeast that will promote fermentation will be washed away.
Ingredients:
- black mulberry - 2 kg;
- sugar - 0,5 kg;
- citric acid - 10 g.
Preparation
- Peel the berries and pour them into a glass jar, cover with sugar and add acid.
- Stir 4.5 liters of water.
- Wrap the neck of the container with a glove and leave to wander.
- The beverage is drained through the gauze filter into the storage tank.
Wine from black mulberry at home
The council does not wash berries before cooking can be neglected if at hand there are wine yeast. Wine from a black mulberry is prepared from ripe berries, which began to fall off. The period when the fruits of the mulberry tree are suitable are very short, so do not pull with collection. Wine is also prepared with the addition of raisins instead of grape juice and wine yeast.
Ingredients:
- black mulberry - 3 kg;
- sugar - 0,5 kg;
- raisins - 450 g;
- pectin enzyme - 1 tsp. (optional);
- lemon - 2 pieces;
- water - 3 l;
- wine yeast - 1 pack.
Preparation
- Water bring to a boil and put sugar. Stir until it dissolves, and the syrup becomes transparent.
- Peel the berries, add raisins and pour boiling syrup. Leave to cool down.
- After that, yeast is introduced, waiting at least 12 hours.
- Further, 2 lemons of juice are fed, yeast feeding. The throat of the container is tied with gauze, it is put in a warm place to wander for 3-4 days.
- After the initial fermentation, the contents of the container are filtered through gauze. Homemade wine from black mulberry is stored in a bottle of dark glass or wrapped in paper.
Wine from white mulberry at home
The darker the berry is chosen, the more saturated will the taste and aroma of the wine. Although the traditional winemakers try not to make wine from white mulberry , the house-masters have been accustomed to using these fruits. Drink to taste is different from the classic of black mulberry, the fact that it is prepared with honey, which makes the wine very unusual.
Ingredients:
- white mulberry - 4 kg;
- rhubarb - 400 g;
- lemons - 3 pieces;
- apple juice - 6 l;
- sugar - 1 kg;
- honey - 400 g;
- wine yeast - 5 g.
Preparation
- Berries to sort, wash, fill with sugar and put honey.
- Lemons to pass through a meat grinder and add to the total mass.
- Squeeze the juice from the apples, pour the berries over them. Boil over low heat.
- Condiment the mixture to room temperature and add the yeast. Put in a warm place for 3 days.
- To prevent the appearance of mold, the future wine of mulberry should be stirred twice a day.
- Squeeze the juice, strain and pour into a container, install a septum.
- Approximately a month and a half to filter and pour into the fermentation bottle again.
- Wait another month and drain so that the residue remains in the bottle.
How to cook wine with mulberry without sugar?
A very interesting method of preparation - homemade wine from mulberry without sugar, it resembles Cahors, and its taste is well pronounced and attractive. The quality of the wine depends on how carefully the components were selected. You should choose only fresh fruits, without signs of rot. One of the secret components of the drink is condensed milk.
Ingredients:
- mulberry - 350 g;
- vodka - 200 ml;
- evaporated milk - 300 ml;
- water - 150 ml.
Preparation
- Wash and pick berries. Pour them with water and boil for 10 minutes, then cool.
- Strain through gauze, folded into 2 layers.
- Pour in the condensed milk, whip the mass and add the vodka.
- Wait 3 days in a warm place.
Wine from mulberry without yeast
An interesting and convenient way to consume a rich crop of mulberry is to make wine from mulberry at home, the recipe of which allows not to use yeast and differs relative simplicity. It is especially useful in winter to maintain health, because fruits have a mass of nutrients, especially berries of black mulberry.
Ingredients:
- mulberry - 4 kg;
- water - 10 liters;
- sugar - 1,5 kg;
- citric acid - 20 g.
Preparation
- Stretch the berries and leave for an hour to extract the juice.
- Add 500 g of sugar, acid.
- Stir, cover with gauze and put in a warm place for 2 days.
- Strain the contents. All pour into a bottle, pour another 500 grams of sugar, mix and install a septum.
- Keep 5 days in a dark place.
- Pour out about 500 ml, dissolve 500 grams of sugar in the liquid and pour again.
- When the bubbles disappear, the wine from the black mulberry is poured over the new bottles, without hurting the sediment.
Wine from mulberry and raspberry
You can make the taste of the drink more intense if you make wine from mulberry, the recipe of which includes raspberries. It is prepared according to standard recipes and proportions. The only change is the addition of ripe raspberries, which will only improve its taste and color. To get a nice wine with a delicate taste, you just need to study all the subtleties of the cooking process.
Ingredients:
- mulberry - 1,5 kg;
- raspberry - 0,5 kg;
- sugar - 0,5 kg;
- water 4.5 liters;
- citric acid - 10 g.
Preparation
- Combine berries, fill with sugar and add acid.
- Stir, pour in water. Put on the glove and leave it until it falls off.
- Wine from raspberry and mulberry strain through gauze.