At home, you can prepare alcoholic beverages that will not be worse than purchased. In this article, let's talk about how to make chocolate wine at home.
World of spirits
Alcoholic beverages were already known in the deepantiquities. Several thousand years ago a man tried wine, then beer appeared, and then people learned how to make and consume spirits. From the moment of its appearance, alcohol accompanies a person. And the noisy fun of the holiday, and quiet moments of communication with a loved one are accompanied by the use of this drink.
Alcohol increases mood. It is also a good way to relax, to give relaxation to the body.
It should be remembered that the use ofalcoholic beverages should not be excessive, and the produce - quality. Alcohol should be chosen correctly, then it will benefit: make food more refined, and the process of eating - pleasant.
It is customary to serve different kinds of alcohol for different dishes, with desserts, snacks, hotter ones only benefiting. Let's see how the chocolate wine behaves in this respect.
Wines
On the shelves of wine shops you can find the mostdifferent alcohol: liquor, vodka, wine, balsam, tincture, beer ... All this has a variety of tastes, different strengths and uses. What is wine?
Это напиток древних богов, философов, поэтов и artists, kings and their subjects, rulers of the world and mortals. It is able to reconcile, pacify, nudge reasoning ... There are people who are indifferent to wine, but no one will refuse a glass of good burgundy.
Depending on how much alcohol and sugar is contained in the wine, they are all divided into the following types:
- Canteen, or dry (9-14% and 1%).
- Semi-sweet table (7-12% and 3-7%).
- Dessert sweet (fortress depends on sugar: the more sugar, the less alcohol).
- Dessert strong (16-20% and 3-6%).
Homemade Wines
Для всех вин характерны четыре базовых вкуса – sour, bitter, salty, sweet. At home you can make wine with any of these characteristics. The drink will be of high quality if you know the secrets of the correct exposure, different recipes for cooking.
Wine drink, obtained at home with the right technology, will be of high quality, but it will not be able to replace the famous brand. Connoisseurs recognize the taste and smell of vintage wine immediately.
What is chocolate wine at home, how it is made, what are the recipes for its preparation, consider further in this article.
Chocolate Homemade Wine
This wine has a long history. England is considered its birthplace. It was there at the beginning of the eighteenth century that such an alcoholic beverage was prepared: they mixed red wine or port wine with sugar and chocolate.
In the home winemaking now also have chocolatewine: the recipe for its preparation is not much different from the production of the usual fruit and berry alcoholic beverage. Just at a certain moment roasted and finely ground cocoa and sugar are added to the bottle. And when the wine is ready, it must be well filtered. The result will be inexpensive, but very tasty homemade chocolate wine.
Also natural homemade wine can be enriched.chocolate flavor, if wort insist on pulp. There are tannin substances in this hard grape base. They give the finished product a thick chocolate flavor. Among the wines prepared in an industrial way, wines such as cabernet and sauvignon have such a taste.
Chocolate tint to give homemade wine can, if you insist it in a barrel, subject to a special roasting. This wine has a delicate aroma of chocolate.
Recipes
To make chocolate at homewine, take the traditional recipe. The following ingredients will be needed: Mas Amiel Maury wine (one bottle), Valrhona Tanariva chocolate (75 g), skimmed milk (175 ml). Wine and chocolate may be other brands, but with similar taste.
Preparation:
- bring the wine to a boil in an enamel pot, then set it on fire to burn out the alcohol;
- Now we boil over low heat to a volume of about 150 ml;
- boil the milk separately and pour the coarsely grated chocolate into it;
- combine both liquids and whisk with a blender to get a fluffy mass.
Serve this chocolate wine should immediately after cooking.
But the recipe for chocolate liqueur.Two hundred grams of bitter chocolate bars are rubbed on a grater, we fall asleep in a saucepan, we add one and a half liters of vodka, a pinch of vanillin. Mix well, close tightly and leave for one week, shaking occasionally. In a week, boil the syrup (300 ml of water, 2 cups of milk, 1 kg of sugar). Mix the cooled syrup with the tincture, close tightly and leave in a warm place for two or three weeks. Then we filter the drink and let it stand for another week, after which it is bottled. It can be stored for a year.
Chocolate wine can complement any dessert, its characteristic taste will raise your spirits, and a small amount of alcohol will allow you to relax.
