Champagne from grape leaves at home
For many people, making champagne from grape leaves at home seems like an incredible challenge. After all, this drink must be prepared using special equipment and in laboratory conditions.
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Making a carbonated alcoholic drink from grape leaves
There are several types of champagne:
- red;
- white;
- sweet;
- semi-sweet;
- dry;
- brut.
Nowadays, this drink is usually served on the table when celebrating any celebration. Probably, in a few years, champagne made from natural ingredients will be replaced with an alcoholic drink made from powder additives. Such is the choice of modern youth. However, now the use of this drink is quite popular.
For many people, making champagne from grape leaves at home seems like an incredible challenge. After all, this drink must be prepared using special equipment and in laboratory conditions.
Homemade champagne helps quench your thirst on a hot summer day, great for a festive feast or as a gift to a friend. All you need besides the leaves is sugar and boiled water.
How to properly prepare wine from grape leaves at home?
First you need to prepare the leaves. Leaves from noble grape varieties... Each leaf must be checked for disease.
Next, you need to take twelve liters of boiled water. For such a capacity, you need two kilograms of grape leaves. You will get a large mass, so it is best to take a 20 liter pot for the procedure.
After scalding the leaves with boiling water, they, together with the liquid, are left for 3 days to brew. Place the pan in a dark room and cover with a towel.
After the indicated time period, the leaves are removed from the liquid and discarded. The brine is filtered and sugar is added to it. The calculation is as follows: 1 glass of sugar is needed for one liter of liquid. The resulting solution is mixed and poured into bottles. On top of the container, of course, an air seal is made. You can put a rubber glove on the neck of the dish. This will be enough to keep the air out. Now the drink goes through the fermentation process
Wine from grape leaves should be infused for 27 days. If, after five days, the fermentation process has not been detected, it means that you need to add another 3-5 tablespoons of dry type yeast.
The beverage must be sealed in glass bottles. If there is no such container in the house, then ordinary plastic containers are quite suitable.
Closed bottles must be in a horizontal position. The contents in the container, over time, will begin to become lighter and more carbonated. After 3-4 months the champagne will have a pleasant taste.
Subsequently, after 12 months of storage, the drink will get the real taste of champagne with light notes of apples. Of course, there is no such flavor in store-bought champagne, but this is a minor minus.
The technology for making homemade champagne from grape leaves can be approximated to the technology for making a sparkling drink from black currant leaves (see. dolma in grape leaves - a classic recipe with a photo).