Аромат осени… Как понять это определение?The first thing that comes to mind is the idea of a rich harvest - collecting late fruits, vegetables, and berries. This is the smell of sauerkraut, and the crunching of soaked, sour, cucumbers and, of course, the fermentation of wine mash. Along with the traditional production of this low alcohol beverage from grapes, the use of other raw materials is also quite popular. Consider how hawthorn wine is made. This article provides a classic recipe - from berries, and another, not quite common technology - processing fresh and dried flowers of this tree.
Preparation of fruits
For fermentation using fully ripe berries.Often, in order to get a richer taste, they wilt the fruits. Also suitable and dried berries. Then the thrifty owners, who have made preparations for the future since autumn, can make a fresh, light and healthy drink at any time of the year. So, before you start work, conduct a selection of raw materials. Discard all damaged, empty berries. Notice if there is a fruit louse inside. In this case, the use of berries is undesirable. Do not wash the fruit before processing. Remove leaves and wood sticks from the mass. Presence on the tails berries is allowed.
Fermentation stage
Homemade hawthorn wine is prepared using conventional technology:
- Ripe berries suppress and fill with warm sugar syrup.
- После пяти дней активного брожения перелейте Strain the liquid in the bottle, remove the vapor pipe. Wine should be in a warm room for the first five days, and then - in a cool 15-20 more (until the end of fermentation).
- Carefully drain the liquid, leaving a residue on the bottom.
- Place the bottle in a cool room for ripening.
- Drink a cold drink in small doses.
You can make the wine more tart and strong, slightly changing technology.
How to make hawthorn wine fortified or "fantasy"?
The usual taste of the drink can get perfectlynew properties. Also made from hawthorn wine (berries) with the addition of additional components. In addition to the combination with fruits (apples, pears, plums), citrus fruits are often used as a refreshing ingredient. They give a special, tart "touch" due to the specific features of the peel. In addition, the wine is made with a higher alcohol content. To do this, after the first filtering, an additional sugar syrup is added to the base solution, and the concentration of sand in it must be two times higher than the initial one. With this technology, an additional fermentation run is carried out and only then the wort is drained and placed in a cool place.
The wine from hawthorn is considered a kind of medicine.After all, it has a beneficial effect (of course, in moderate doses) on the cardiovascular and hematopoietic systems of the body. The special properties of another drink - from flowers. Below is a detailed recipe for making a light, refreshing "nectar."
Making homemade wine from flowers. Preparatory stage
The amazing aroma and taste of this drink are familiarnot everyone, it is somewhat reminiscent of a fruit cocktail with hints of honey. First you need to stock up on raw materials. When collecting flowers with pinkish petals, follow these rules:
- Avoid tree-growing areas along highways and highways, it’s better to harvest raw materials in forest or rural areas;
- collect flowers in dry, sunny weather to avoid the moisture of the flowers;
- the raw material can be prepared for the future by drying it in the shadow zones, spreading the mass in a thin layer and covering it with gauze on top.
So, we prepare in another way from hawthorn wine at home. The recipe is changed by replacing the berries with flowers.
Technology of obtaining a light drink
How to make homemade hawthorn wine "Flower"? Perform work by following the steps below:
- 4.5 liters of fresh flowers or 70-80 g of dry raw materials pour in a gauze or nylon bag and place it in a 5-6-liter pot.
- Pour 4 liters of boiling water into the container.
- Put the pot on the fire and cook for 15 minutes.
- Drain the liquid in a 10-liter enamelled bucket, carefully squeezing the bag.
- Pour 1 kg of granulated sugar into the broth and mix until smooth.
- With 2 lemons and 2 oranges, cut off the peel, chop it and put it in a bucket. Squeeze the juice there.
- Cool the wort to room temperature and mix a glass of strong black tea leaves and the culture of wine yeast (fermented residue from any wine - 0.5 cup).
- Close the mixture tightly with a lid and let it wander for 4-5 days.
- Carefully pour the liquid into the bottle (10 l) and fill it over the hanger with boiled water.
- Seal the container with a vent tube. Wine should be fermented in a cool room (usually within 10-15 days).
- Soak wine for 3 months.
Enjoy the wonderful taste and aroma!
