Grape Juice Recipe

Grape Juice Recipe – Homemade juice is refreshing, hygienic and easy to make! The flavor, taste and nutrition of the homemade fresh Grape Juice is much superior to the store bought bottled beverages. Once you begin to make your own at home, you will never go back to the store bought bottled drinks.

About Grape Juice

There are 2 ways to make grape juice at home. The easiest way is to blend fresh grapes with ice cubes in a blender. If you love clear juice without any pulp, simply strain it using a fine mesh strainer. However making it in a slow juicer produces much more cleaner, concentrated and tastier flavor because you won’t add any liquid, but simply extract the juice from the grapes.

The second method is to simply boil the grapes until they break down and release the juices. Strain them for a great concentrated grape juice. This kind of juice can be stored well for a few months in the refrigerator and freezer.

No matter which method you follow or how you source them, cleaning grapes thoroughly is very essential for a cleaner juice. So I also show how I clean the grapes before juicing them.

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How to Clean Grapes (Stepwise Photos)

Here are the simple steps I follow to clean up the grapes whether organic or not.

1. Make sure you begin to clean them just before you make the juice else ripe fruits may begin to rot once they come in contact with moisture. I usually clean them about 30 mins before I intend to juice the grapes. I also ensure they are at room temperature. If the grapes are cold, getting rid of the unwanted particles from the surface of fruits is hard.

2. Wash the grapes very well under running water and place them in a wide bowl. For 1 kg/ 2 lbs of grapes, sprinkle 2 tbsps of sea salt then spray vinegar generously.

3. Begin to destem & remove over ripe or rotten grapes. This would take about 10 to 15 mins. By then the salt completely dissolves.

4. Add water just enough to cover them. Rub them gently and discard the water. Repeat the rinse under running water with ample amount 3 to 4 times.

5. Drain them to a colander. You may still see whitish coating on the grapes which is actually a naturally occurring substance & ignore that.

How to make Grape Juice

6. Add them to your juicer or blender jar and begin juicing. Other ingredients that go well with grapes are ginger, lemon juice, handful of holy basil or tulsi, mint leaves etc.

If you are using a blender, then you will have to strain the juice in a strainer. Use a spoon to press down the juice.

If you have used salt for washing, the grapes turn salty so don’t need to add salt while making the juice. Skip adding lemon juice if the grapes are sour.

I sometimes use 1 medium size lemon for 1 kg grapes which yields about 820 ml cold pressed juice, though it depends on the freshness of grapes and the juicer used.

Serve fresh grape juice immediately before it begins to oxidize.

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