Grape Juice
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Pick Concord grapes from stems.
Wash the grapes and place them in a kettle.
Add enough water to cover the grapes.
Extract the juice
Cook slowly for 1 hour.
Strain the mixture through a jelly bag and let it drip overnight.
Heat and bottle
Heat the juice to boiling point and skim off any foam.
Pour the juice into bottles and seal them tightly.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Concord grapes
- Provide the juice, flavor, and natural sweetness that make up the drink.
- Water
- Covers the grapes so they cook evenly and release their juice gently.
The step that matters
Cook slowly for 1 hour. Gentle, slow heating softens the grape skins and releases juice without scorching the fruit or pulling bitter, cooked flavors into the liquid.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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