How to Use Your Juicer as a Short Cut For Making Wine
- By Dee Power
- Published 09/22/2011
- Wine and Spirits
- Unrated
Making wine at home is not complicated. After all, it's a natural process between yeast and sugars in the juice. If you have your own fruit trees or access to fresh fruit, the challenge is producing the juice you'll need. A juicer makes the job quicker with less stress. You won't have to worry about stomping on a vat full of grapes. Commercial wine is made from grapes and contains 10 to 15 percent alcohol. Homemade wine is made from many different kinds of fruit.
Wash the fruit. Remove any stems. Cut the fruit into wedges that will fit into the juicer. Remove seeds.
Place the juice catcher under the spout. Turn the juicer on. Put the wedges of fruit into the opening of the juicer. Push the fruit through the juicer with the plastic plunger.
Strain the fruit juice with a sieve.
Fold the cheesecloth over so it is two layers thick and a square shape. Place in a glass bowl so the ends of the cheesecloth hang well outside the bowl.
Pour the strained fruit juice into the bowl. Make sure the weight of the fruit juice doesn't drag the ends of the cheesecloth into the bowl. Gather
up the four ends of the cheesecloth in one hand. The rest of the cheesecloth forms a bag shape. Lift the bag up and out of the bowl but keep it over the bowl. Gravity will force the juice through the cheesecloth and into the bowl.
Use the juice in your favorite wine making recipe. Wine making is a natural process which ferments fruit juice into alcohol. Historically yeast in the air digested the sugar in the juice and turned it into alcohol. These days its necessary to add yeast to the juice and ferment it in a warm place. Check the sugar levels and adjust. The liquid needs to be siphoned off so any solids that remain in the juice are left in the bottom of the fermenting tank. Eventually the wine needs to be bottled and stored to age. While new wine is drinkable most wine improves with age.
If the fermenting process fails, the juice turns into vinegar, which has its own uses. If you're contemplating making wine for the first time, you might consider buying a wine-making kit which includes everything you'll need except the juice and bottles.
Remove tough skins from the fruits like pineapples and oranges. The juicer will force tiny pieces of skin into the juice which you have to strain out.
Wash the fruit. Remove any stems. Cut the fruit into wedges that will fit into the juicer. Remove seeds.
Place the juice catcher under the spout. Turn the juicer on. Put the wedges of fruit into the opening of the juicer. Push the fruit through the juicer with the plastic plunger.
Strain the fruit juice with a sieve.
Fold the cheesecloth over so it is two layers thick and a square shape. Place in a glass bowl so the ends of the cheesecloth hang well outside the bowl.
Pour the strained fruit juice into the bowl. Make sure the weight of the fruit juice doesn't drag the ends of the cheesecloth into the bowl. Gather
Use the juice in your favorite wine making recipe. Wine making is a natural process which ferments fruit juice into alcohol. Historically yeast in the air digested the sugar in the juice and turned it into alcohol. These days its necessary to add yeast to the juice and ferment it in a warm place. Check the sugar levels and adjust. The liquid needs to be siphoned off so any solids that remain in the juice are left in the bottom of the fermenting tank. Eventually the wine needs to be bottled and stored to age. While new wine is drinkable most wine improves with age.
If the fermenting process fails, the juice turns into vinegar, which has its own uses. If you're contemplating making wine for the first time, you might consider buying a wine-making kit which includes everything you'll need except the juice and bottles.
Remove tough skins from the fruits like pineapples and oranges. The juicer will force tiny pieces of skin into the juice which you have to strain out.
Dee Power
Dee Power is the author of several nonfiction books. Her hobbies include gardening and cooking healthy dinner recipes, and sharing her gardening tips. She lives with an Irish Setter and an English Springer Spaniel.
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