Making sunberry wine at home is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. Sunberry is a black nightshade. It is identical in size to a cherry, but visually resembles a blueberry. It is quite easy to grow even in Russian gardens, as it is unpretentious and minimally sensitive to climate. The wine made from these berries is not only tasty, but also medicinal.
Cooking features
It is possible to prepare tasty and safe wine from black nightshade only using a certain technology.It will not work to use the one that is familiar to ordinary grapes. Wine yeast, which is often used to produce alcoholic beverages, is not used here. But in this case, the berries cannot be washed - they will preserve the natural microflora that is on the skin, which will contribute to the start of fermentation of the drink.
Sometimes, if fermentation does not occur, you can add a little raisins (a handful of about 40-50 grams is enough). If raisins don’t help, then add bread yeast. Of course, because of them, the taste will deteriorate a little, it will look like a little hop has been added to the wine.
To prepare a homemade alcoholic drink, take a cylinder of 10 to 15 liters. The composition should be poured to a maximum of one third of the total volume. If you pour more, it is likely that the mixture will overflow during the fermentation process.
The neck of the jar is closed with a special stopper, which can allow carbon dioxide to pass through, which is certainly released during the fermentation process. If this is not the case, then use a regular rubber glove with several holes made in it. If another wine can stand even for a day in the open, then for a drink made from Sunberry it will be disastrous. Even the smallest ingress of oxygen threatens that a delicious drink will instantly turn into vinegar.
Fermenting alcohol should only be placed in a warm room, because in a cold room it will instantly turn sour, or the process will stop altogether. At the same time, it is not advisable to expose it to sunlight, but it is not recommended to place it in a completely dark place.
Beneficial properties and harm
Sunberries are medicinal berries. Wine made from them also has a number of beneficial properties.In folk medicine, this foreign product is given the palm in matters of protecting the immune system and strengthening the body’s natural defenses. The wine preserves not only the taste of the berries, but also their beneficial properties. The most significant positive effect is achieved due to the content:
- Selena;
- potassium;
- manganese;
- silver;
- calcium;
- copper;
- gland;
- zinc;
- vitamin C;
- fructose;
- lactose;
- carotene and other useful substances.
Sunberry wine protects the body from age-related changes, reduces the risk of cancer, strengthens the body's natural protective functions, improves the functioning of the endocrine and nervous systems, helps lower blood pressure, and improves brain function. Of course, these are not all the benefits of wine made from an interesting berry.
But for it to really be beneficial and not become a cause of alcoholism, it must be consumed strictly on an empty stomach and as a medicine (maximum 100 grams).
How to make sunberry wine at home
Use one of the proven recipes.
Simple recipe
In order to make blackberry wine using the simplest method, you will need a 10-liter bottle. Sunberries are prepared in the usual way: simply pressed with a wooden masher until the juice appears. The ingredients are as follows:
- 3.5 kilograms of sunberry;
- 3 kilograms of granulated sugar;
- 7-8 liters of water.
Transfer the crushed products to the bottom of an enamel container. Add sugar, mix everything thoroughly until completely dissolved. Then pour water so that it fills a third of the original volume of the container. There is no need to make starter or wort separately.
The container is covered with a special water seal, or a regular rubber glove is put on. Readiness is checked by the amount of carbon dioxide released.Once this has stopped, the wine can be poured into jars and left to ferment in a dry, cool and dark room. Usually this happens only after a month.
Option with apples
And such a wine usually turns out rich, tasty, and quite sweet. You will need to take:
- 1 kilogram of sunberry;
- 2 kilograms of apples (necessarily sweet, with a slight sourness);
- 3 kilograms of granulated sugar;
- water.
First, the berries are prepared in the usual way - they are crushed until the juice appears. Apples are crushed differently to a puree - in a meat grinder, ground, grated, ground in a blender. The products are mixed and thrown into a bucket or large pan. Leave for four days until signs of active fermentation appear. Then sugar is added. Everything is poured into a bottle, water is added and left to ferment.
This alcohol will be ready only after 2 months.
Shelf life and storage conditions
Store in a dark and cool place. Duration - up to two years (if not above 18 degrees).
