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Rosehip wine is an aromatic and tasty drink. It retains many valuable elements, which is useful for certain diseases and for their prevention. Homemade wine can be made from rosehip fruits or petals, and various ingredients can be added.
Selection and preparation of ingredients, containers
Wine can be made from fresh, dried, frozen rose hips and even its flowers. Fruits should be collected in a clean place away from roads and industrial enterprises. Choose large, ripe, dark red berries. It is better to collect them at the end of September or beginning of October.
It is necessary to sort through the rose hips, getting rid of damaged specimens - traces of rot and mold are unacceptable. Be sure to rinse the raw materials well and dry completely.
To prepare wine you need clean water. It is better to take a bottled product. You can use well or spring water, but boil it to be safe.
To prepare homemade wine, it is important to choose the right dishes and accessories:
- Vessels. Oak barrels are considered the best container, but at home, glass is the ideal option. Food grade plastic is suitable for primary fermentation. Volume is important - first the dishes need to be filled to a maximum of 65-75%, then to the brim. It is better to have several vessels with different displacements.
- Water seal to remove carbon dioxide. You can buy a container already equipped with it or make do with a rubber glove by making a hole in your finger.
- Thermometer to control room temperature.
- Measuring container. It is convenient to use dishes already equipped with a scale.
All containers and accessories must be clean and dry. For safety, they should be disinfected or sterilized.
How to make rosehip wine at home
Homemade rosehip wine can be made according to different recipes. The differences are mainly in the ingredients.
A simple recipe for homemade wine from dry rose hips
Making rosehip wine is simple. For a liter jar of dried berries you need:
- 3.5 liters of water;
- 0.55 kg granulated sugar;
- 4 g wine yeast.
The cooking algorithm is as follows:
- Add 0.3 kg of sugar to warm water and stir.
- Add berries, mix.
- Dissolve the yeast in ten parts of warm water, leave for 15 minutes in a warm place under a towel.
- Add the starter to the fruits.
- Place a water seal and leave for two weeks at room temperature.
- When fermentation is complete, add the rest of the sugar.
- After active fermentation is complete, strain through cheesecloth and leave for another two weeks.
- After sediment appears, filter through a siphon.
- Add bentonite to brighten.
Rose hip wine with honey
The drink according to this recipe is not only tasty, but also healthy. For it you will need:
- 1 liter of dry red wine;
- 1 cup ground rose hips;
- ½ cup honey.
Making this wine is easy:
- Place all ingredients in a saucepan and put on fire.
- After boiling, cook for 12-15 minutes, constantly skimming off the foam.
- Cool the wine, strain, and leave for two weeks.
- Boil the mixture again, skimming off the foam. After cooling, strain and leave for another two weeks.
- Pour the wine into bottles and put it in the refrigerator or cellar.
Fresh rosehip wine with vodka
The drink according to this recipe is strong. To prepare it you need the following ingredients:
- 4 kg of fresh fruits;
- 2.5 kg granulated sugar;
- 1.2 liters of water;
- 1.5 liters of vodka.
Algorithm:
- Place the berries in a glass bowl.
- Add sugar.
- Pour boiling water over it.
- When it cools down, pour in vodka.
- Cover with gauze and leave in the sun until the fruit floats.
- Strain, add more granulated sugar, stir and wait until it dissolves.
- Pour the juice into a new container, add water up to the shoulders, close, and refrigerate for 18 days.
- Strain through cheesecloth, pour into bottles, and seal.
Rosehip wine with raisins
To make rosehip wine according to this recipe, for 20 liters of water you will need:
- 6 kg of fresh berries;
- 6 kg sugar;
- 0.2 kg raisins (can be replaced with fresh grapes).
You don’t have to remove the seeds from the berries; you don’t need to wash the raisins. Cooking algorithm:
- Mash the fruits with a rolling pin.
- Boil 4 liters of water with 4 kg of granulated sugar, cook over low heat for five minutes.
- Place the prepared rose hips with raisins in a wide-necked container, add syrup and the rest of the water.
- Mix the contents and tie the dishes with gauze.
- Keep the product in a dark place at 18-25 °C for 3-4 days, stir daily.
- When signs of fermentation appear, pour the contents into a bottle - at least a third of the container should remain free.
- Install a water seal.
- Infuse the wine in a dark place at 18-29 °C, avoiding temperature changes.
- After a week, strain the drink, add the remaining sugar, and install a water seal.
- After 1-1.5 months, the drink becomes clearer and sediment appears at the bottom. Without touching it, you need to pour the liquid into another bottle using a straw. The container must be filled to the brim.
- Install a water seal or tight lid.
- Keep the wine in a dark place at 5-16 °C for 2-3 months.
- Pour the wine into new bottles without disturbing the sediment.
A quick recipe for rosehip wine with raisins made with yeast
The yeast in this recipe speeds up the fermentation process. For 1 kg of rose hips you need:
- 0.1 kg raisins;
- 3 liters of water;
- 10 g yeast;
- 0.8 kg sugar;
- 1 tsp.citric acid (optional).
The cooking algorithm is as follows:
- Mash the rose hips into a paste and place in an enamel container.
- Pour half the water over the raisins, cook for 2-3 minutes, cool.
- Add sugar to the rest of the water, cook for five minutes, cool.
- Combine rose hips with raisins (do not drain the liquid) and sugar syrup.
- Add yeast diluted according to instructions.
- Cover the dishes with gauze and keep in the dark for 1.5 months.
When the fermentation process is over, all that remains is to strain the wine and bottle it.
Rosehip wine with citruses and basil
The taste of the drink according to this recipe is unusual. Includes:
- 175 g dried rose hips;
- 1 kg fresh or 0.6 kg dried basil leaves;
- 2 oranges and lemons;
- 1 kg sugar;
- 5 g wine yeast;
- 5 g each of tannin, pectin enzyme and tronozymol.
The cooking algorithm is as follows:
- Rinse fresh basil under running water and chop coarsely.
- Place the greens and rose hips in a saucepan, pour in 2 liters of boiling water.
- Bring to a boil, leave overnight.
- Squeeze out the raw materials, pour all the liquid into a fermentation container, add lemon and orange juices, sugar syrup (cook in 0.5 liters of water).
- Cover the container with gauze and cool the contents.
- Add zest, yeast, enzyme, tannin and tronozymol.
- Leave for a week in a warm place, stirring daily.
- Pour the wine into another container, add three parts of cold water, install a water seal.
- When the wine becomes light, pour it into another container without disturbing the sediment.
- Insist for a few more months.
Rosehip petal wine
Wine made from rosehip flowers is very aromatic. It requires:
- liter jar of petals;
- 3 liters of water;
- 0.5 l of vodka;
- 0.45 kg granulated sugar;
- 2 tbsp. l. citric acid.
To prepare homemade wine from rose hip petals, follow the following recipe:
- Rinse the petals, add sugar with citric acid, warm boiled water.
- Mix everything, leave under the lid in a cool and dark place for half a month.
- Strain the drink, pour in vodka.
- Insist for at least a few more weeks.
Terms and conditions of storage
It is recommended to store rosehip wine at 10-14 °C. The best place for this is a well-ventilated basement. Optimum humidity 65-80%. If it is higher, mold may appear. Low humidity can cause the corks to dry out, which can allow air to get into the bottles.
The drink can be stored for two years. It is important that it is at rest. To do this, it is necessary to eliminate shocks, vibrations, vibrations, shifting and turning over of bottles. It is better to keep them in a horizontal position so that the cork is in constant contact with the contents, this eliminates contact with oxygen and subsequent oxidation.
Conclusion
Rosehip wine can be prepared at home using different recipes.It is important to select and prepare the container correctly, to use only high-quality raw materials, at least one product for fermentation. The entire preparation process usually takes several months.
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