Ripe apricots - lemon yellow, rich orange, large and small - a symbol of warm summer. From them prepare a lot of desserts, compotes, cook jam and jam, squeeze juice.
But very few people know that of these wonderfulfruit is also prepared home-made alcohol. And if anyone knows, not everyone will dare to try, because, unlike traditional wine cultures, apricot is very whimsical. It requires a special approach. Apricot wine does not tolerate negligent attitude, and to cook it, will have to tinker. But the result is what! This wine has an amazing color, as if filled with the sun, like an old amber, but its taste and aroma can not be compared to any other alcoholic beverage.
Features
Apricot wine has a very specific taste.At a low level of sugar content, it almost does not retain its fruity aroma. Sometimes this wine gets an unpleasant smell of rancid almonds. This happens if the apricot pits containing cyanide acid get into the pulp. By the way, prussic acid not only spoils the smell and taste of the drink, but it is also a powerful poison. For this reason, the wine from apricots is prepared only from fruits that have been freed from the stones.
Preparation
For the preparation of wine used as wildapricots, and cultivated garden varieties. The first will give a rich aromatic, but not too sweet drink, the second will provide an expressive taste of alcohol, but a mild odor.
It is worth mentioning that, before makingapricot wine, fruits do not need to be washed. Wiping with a dry cloth will suffice. Otherwise, all the microflora necessary for the process of natural fermentation will be washed away.
Bones of fruits must be taken out. Given this, preference should be given to those varieties in which the pulp is easily separated.
Choose a recipe
There are a huge number of home recipesalcohol with apricots. Sometimes together with them other fruits and berries are used: peaches, grapes, cherries. This allows you to get a fruit wine with a much more rich bouquet. Sometimes brightly colored fruits are added in order to obtain an expressive color, because it is almost impossible to get a beautiful bright drink from apricot alone. Remember at least a compote - it's almost colorless, well, maybe a little yellowish.
At home, you can prepare wine fromapricot with different strength. How many degrees will be in the product obtained, depends on the formulation. In order to increase the strength, yeast, raisins, and other strong alcoholic beverages are used.
Apricot homemade wine
Ingredients:
- apricots - 4 kg;
- sugar - 4 kg;
- water - 16 liters.
Preparation
Prepared fruits are cleaned from bones,poured warm water. The mixture should wander for 4-5 days. After this period, we mash the flesh of the apricots in the mash, add sugar. The next stage of fermentation will last another week. At this time, you need to mix the wort daily with a wooden spatula or spoon several times a day.
The process will be accompanied by a violent reactionrelease of gas. After the gas formation is over, the future wine needs to be filtered and bottled in clean bottles. It remains to cork and leave in a cool place for at least 2 months before full ripening.
Recipe with the addition of grape wine
An excellent fruit wine is obtained by addingin the classic recipe for spices. A special role is played by nutmeg - it makes the taste and aroma rich and expressive. In addition to these ingredients, you can add anise, tubberry, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, thyme. Some people like experiments with vanilla. A pinch of saffron not only emphasizes the taste, but also significantly improves the hue.
Ingredients:
- apricots - 5 kg;
- granulated sugar - 3 kg;
- grape wine (table) - 1 l;
- nutmeg - 1 tbsp. l .;
- boiled water - 5 liters.
Preparation
This apricot wine (homemade) is made from sweet varieties. Ripe fruits are cleaned with a napkin from dust, we extract bones. In any way, grind the pulp, add a little warm water and wine.
Из остальной воды и сахара готовим сироп.Fill them with apricot mixture. In this case, sugar plays the role of a nutrient medium for the development of microorganisms responsible for fermentation. Add spices. We leave our future apricot wine in a warm place for about a week. From time to time, the mixture should be mixed with a wooden spatula. When the process is complete, filter the wine and pour it into bottles. Ripening of this drink will last for three months. After this period, you can serve a wonderful aromatic drink to the table.
A recipe containing yeast
The fortress of such a drink will be slightly higher than that of a non-yeast. In addition, fermentation with yeast provides a more intense taste of the finished product.
Ingredients:
- apricots - 6 kg;
- sugar - 2,5 kg;
- water - 10 liters;
- dry yeast - 2 tbsp. l .;
- juice of four lemons.
Preparation
From the prepared apricots first deletebones. Pulp grind in any convenient way, and then press. The resulting pulp is filled with boiling water, leave for 3-4 days. After this time, we filter the pulp, add sugar, yeast, lemon juice to the ferment. We put the mixture in a dark warm place for fermentation. The readiness of completion of the gassing process will tell you. As soon as this happens, stir the must and leave to rest for another 3 days.
It remains to filter the mixture and pour into a container,then leave it alone for 6 months. Ideally suited for these purposes is a wooden barrel. Six months later, the ready-made wine should be bottled, in which it will ripen. Serve this drink to the table can be only after 3 months.
Apricot - a strong home made wine
Those who prefer strong alcohol, for surewill appreciate this recipe. This apricot wine has a large enough strength, expressive aroma and rich color. And it will be completely ready in just a month.
Ingredients:
- apricot juice (freshly squeezed) - 1 l;
- vodka - 3 bottles of 0.5 liters each.
Preparation
Рецепт предельно прост:fresh house juice from apricots must be mixed with vodka, then leave the drink in a cool darkened place for 1 month. During this time, apricot comes in handy. After insisting, the drink must be filtered and bottled, in which it will be stored. Such homemade apricot wine can be served to a table with dessert.
