A good housewife does not lose anything, even a fermented jam, or compote will find its use, serving as the basis for home wine.
Turning a home billet into an alcoholic beverage is not only another way to save money on buying wine, but also an excellent application of spoiled conservation.
On how to make home-made wine from compote, we'll talk in this article.
Wine from cherry compote
Fragrant cherry wine can be made and not in season, this will require only a few cans of compote.
Ingredients:
- compote - 6 liters;
- sugar - 400 g;
- raisins - a handful.
Preparation
If you use a fresh compote for cooking wine, then before you start cooking, drain all the wine in one container and let it stand for a couple of days.
Fermented compote is mixed with sugar and unwashed raisins: the first will serve as food for yeast, located on the surface of dried grapes.
On the neck of the container with compote put on a rubber glove and leave the drink until the end of fermentation. Filter the young wine and pour it on the bottles. Let's brew for 3-4 months, after which the cherry wine is ready for use.
Wine from apricot compote
Ingredients:
- apricot compote - 3 l;
- raspberries - 100 g;
- sugar - 50 g;
- honey.
Preparation
Rinse the raspberries with sugar, add a little water and leave for 4 days. At the end of the time, add the raspberry starter to the apricot compote , which can previously be sweetened at the rate of 200 g of sugar per 3 l of compote, stir and leave to ferment for 7-10 days. After a week, the liquid is filtered and poured over clean bottles, we add a little honey for flavor and leave to be infused for another 1.5-2 months. Young wine
Wine from sour strawberry compote
Ingredients:
- Stewed strawberry compote - 3 liters;
- honey - 250 - 300 g;
- rice - 1 teaspoon.
Preparation
In the fermentation tank, pour the sour compote, add honey and a little rice. Rice grains in this case will act as a source of fermenting microorganisms, like raisins, or raspberry berries. We close the container with a water seal, or put a glove on the neck. Leave the workpiece for 4 days, until the fermentation process is completed. Then filter the young wine through gauze, pour on clean bottles and leave to mature for 1.5-2 months, after which you can take a sample.