Redcurrant juice - how to prepare tasty and desirable currant juice quickly and easily

Redcurrant juice - how to prepare tasty and desirable currant juice quickly and easily

Harvests of red currants can be significant, so it is worth paying close attention to this berry when making vitamin drinks. Now we are in a hurry to offer you a selection of recipes for red currant fruit drinks. Both the freshest fruits and frozen ones are used.

Collection and preparatory preparation

Like any other berry, currants are harvested when they are fully ripe. In fruits that are one hundred percent ripe, the branch is slightly dried out and simply breaks off from the bush. Usually the berries are removed together with it to ensure the best transportation. The warm skin of red currants is simply subject to deformation, so you should not delay processing the berries after picking.

First, the fruits are freed from the stalks and transferred to a large sieve. Cold tap water is poured into a huge container and a net with berries is immersed in it. The water is changed, and the manipulation of rinsing the berries is carried out several more times. So that the berries dry out a little, they are allowed to stand in a colander for 20 minutes.

If you plan to freeze the currants, then the fruits should be dried as thoroughly as possible. To do this, they are scattered in a small layer on a waffle or paper towel to get rid of excess water. Read more about methods for freezing red currants here.

Options for making fruit juice

Main recipe

This option is considered traditional and involves boiling syrup. The development is as follows:

• Berries, 300 g, are crushed using any convenient method. This could be a regular fork, a blender or a potato masher. With all this, reddish currants do not require preparatory blanching, because the skin of the fruit is very narrow.
• The berry mass is ground through an iron mesh or sieve. An ordinary tablespoon comes to the rescue here.
• Boil syrup. To do this, add 5 huge spoons of sugar to a liter of water. As the liquid boils, add the remaining currant pulp to it. Boil the fruit drink for 5-7 minutes.
• Next, filter the hot syrup through a fine sieve and wait for it to cool almost completely.
• The juice extracted in the first step is added to the warm berry compote.

Because red currants are considered a fairly sour berry, the amount of sweetener can be adjusted based on your own taste preferences.

To make the fruit drink truly refreshing, you can add specially prepared ice cubes to it.

The video from the “Ordinary Recipes” channel provides a detailed description of the preparation of fruit juice from burgundy currants

"Raw" fruit drink

The drink prepared according to this recipe is considered the most healthy and very quick to make. The syrup, as in the previous case, is not boiled. Berries, half a glass, pour 1.5 glasses of cold water. The main thing is that the water is clean and not chlorinated.

Immediately add 2-2.5 tablespoons of sugar. Using an immersion blender, grind all the ingredients until smooth and let them stand for 15 minutes so that the sugar is completely dissolved. To speed up the process, mix the mass thoroughly.

At the final step, the finished fruit drink is filtered and poured into a beautiful glass.

The berry pulp should not be thrown away. It still retains many of the necessary substances, so it’s best to put it in a bag or small container and freeze it. In winter, it can be used for cooking compotes. An example of winter preparation of a red currant drink is described in our article.

With honey

This version of fruit drink is prepared using any of the above technologies. The main highlight of honey juice is that sugar is replaced with a natural beekeeping product. Its quantity is taken according to your own taste.

It is necessary to pay attention to the fact that honey should not be added to a hot liquid, and especially not to boil. All useful characteristics are immediately lost. Therefore, the sweet ingredient is added to the fruit drink at the very end, in a one hundred percent cooled broth.

Properly prepared currant juice with a honey base is much tastier and healthier than an ordinary drink.

The “ItsKseniasTime” channel shares details of making fruit juice in a slow cooker with honey.

From frozen red currants

Naturally, you don’t make red currant fruit drinks for the winter, but in the winter months you can also enjoy the freshest vitamin drinks. To do this, you only need a spacious freezer with large supplies of summer berries.

Frozen currants, 1 cup, defrost ahead of time. To preserve the maximum of necessary substances in the berries, do this slowly, using the positive compartment of the refrigerator.

When the berries thaw, they are punched with a blender. By the way, previously frozen currants, after thawing, choke very well. Therefore, if you don’t have a blender at hand, a fork will come in handy.

The pulp and juice are ground through a mesh.

The cake is transferred to a saucepan, covered with half a glass of sugar, and poured with a liter of filtered water. Boil the remaining berries under a lid for about 10 minutes over low heat. The hot syrup is poured through a sieve, removing the remaining skins and seeds. The cooled syrup is combined with berry juice and served.

Winter recipe without cooking

You can also make a quick fruit drink from frozen red currants without preparatory cooking of the syrup. Without defrosting, 150 grams of fruit are transferred to a deep measuring cup or a special container for working with a blender. Add 1.5 tablespoons of sugar and pour boiling water (300 ml).

The berries are crushed and the fruit juice is filtered. A winter drink with a summer taste is ready!

How to store currant juice

In fact, fruit drinks should be drunk immediately after production. But if the need arises, then the finished drink is poured into a jar with a tightly screwed lid, and put in the refrigerator for no more than 24 hours.

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Ingredients

general information

Total production time

45 minutes

Active production time

15 minutes

Complexity

Easy

Number of servings

Step-by-step recipe with photos

Pour cool water into a bowl, add the currants and thoroughly wash the berries, changing the water a couple of times as needed.
Place the currants in a colander, let the water drain thoroughly, then carefully remove the berries from the bunches.
Transfer the currants to a clean bowl and lightly crush the berries with a fork or spoon.

Then rub through a sieve, squeezing the juice out of the berries.

Advice. If you are preparing fruit juice in the heat, you can put the squeezed currant juice in the refrigerator.

Place the berry pulp in a saucepan and add 1 liter of water.

Bring to a boil over medium heat, reduce heat to low, and cook for about 5-7 minutes from the moment it boils.
At the end of production, add sugar to taste and mix well.

Cover the pan with fruit juice with a lid and let it brew for about 30 minutes.
Then strain the fruit drink through a sieve and squeeze out the berry pulp well.

Pour the fruit drink into a jug and let cool to room temperature.
Then combine the fruit drink with the previously squeezed juice, mix well and put it in the refrigerator until serving.

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Redcurrant juice recipe

Red currant juice, which has been familiar for many centuries, is a unique storehouse of suitable substances for the body. The content of vitamins in berries (vitamins are a group of organic substances combined by chemical nature, united on the basis of their absolute necessity for a heterotrophic organism as an integral part of food) C, B6, E, A, H and minerals such as potassium, iron, calcium and phosphorus with magnesium makes the drink very useful for various diseases and low immunity.

Below is a detailed description of the features of how to prepare a fruit drink from red currants, so that it is pleasant to the taste buds and “excellent health.”

Ingredients

For 1 l. boiling water needed:

• 200-300 grams of red currant berries;
• Sugar - 100-150 g (4-5 tbsp.);
• 1 liter of cool water to dilute the juice.

Step by step recipe

Step 1

To make a delicious redcurrant drink, you need to pay attention to very ripe branches. First, carefully rinse the berries in a bowl under running water.

Step 2

Carefully separate the berries from the branches, sort out the garbage and bad fruits.

Step 3

Puree berries must be rubbed through a sieve and the juice separated. For the best separation of juice, water at room temperature (necessarily boiled) is added to the acquired mushy mass. The drink is stored in the refrigerator until use.

Step 4

The cake must be poured with boiling water and cooked for about 7 minutes (bring slightly to a boil).

Step 5

Let the broth cool and brew for half an hour. Next, you need to strain the fruit drink and separate the cake from the water. Add 4-5 tbsp. l. sweet sand, mix and send to a cool space.

Video recipe

How to prepare fruit juice from red and dark currants at home according to a step-by-step recipe with photos

Fruit juice made from dark and red currants is not only a cool drink, which is so necessary in hot weather, but also a healthy, tasty and rich cocktail at any time of the year. Another advantage of it is that it is an excellent substitute for the sweet carbonated water with dyes that children love.

With the help of various flavoring and aromatic additives, fruit juice can be created even more unusual and unique.

How to choose the right ingredients

Currants are a very valuable and healthy food product. Any variety has its own advantages.

In order for the currant juice, the recipe for which you will see below, to be of high quality, you should pay attention to the following characteristics:

• Color. The richer and brighter the color, the better, because currants with a bright red or bright black color are the freshest. You see a very black berry - this indicates that it is overripe.
• Form. This is a very important indicator. My grandmother grows currants herself, and constantly says that the rounder and plumper the berry, the better and fresher it is. With all this, it must be quite tough.
• External view. You look for currants, which are sold on branches. It will be stored for a very long time. But there is also a minus - the weight of such a product will be greater, although not significantly.
• The remaining leaves should not be thrown away, because a good option is to brew them with tea, due to which it will become more aromatic and healthier.

Dark currant juice

Ingredients

Step by step recipe

1. To begin, pour water into a saucepan and place it on the stove with high heat turned on.
2. Before the water boils, you need to sort out the currants, removing all unnecessary leaves and twigs, and then carefully wash the berries under cool water.
3. After the water with currants boils, reduce the heat by half, leaving medium, and then boil the berries for another 15 minutes.
   
4. While the drink is cooling, prepare the required amount of sugar, cinnamon and squeeze the lemon juice. Don't forget to make sure there are no seeds.
5. Add all ingredients to warm or cool fruit drink and stir thoroughly.
   

Fruit drink made from frozen dark currants is no different from fruit drink with the introduction of new berries.

Video recipe for currant juice

After watching this video, you will clearly become familiar with the technique of making it, see the sequence of adding ingredients and all the processes step by step.

Redcurrant juice

• Production time: 1 hour.
• Number of servings: 10-12.
• Kitchen appliances and utensils: saucepan, ladle, bowl, 3-liter glass jars, stove.

Ingredients

Step by step recipe

Fruit juice made from fresh red currants is a good recipe for the winter.

1. First, thoroughly wash the jars with hot water and place them upside down on a towel to dry.
   
2. Reddish currants need to be selected from twigs and leaves. The easiest way to create this is this: fill a pan with currants with water, all unnecessary leaves and stems will float up, and you can quietly remove them. Greenish twigs can be thrown.
3. Then carefully wash the berries with cool water and pour them into jars; they should occupy approximately 1/3 of the container. Also add a sprig of mint to each jar.
   
   
4. Place a pan of water on the stove with high heat turned on, after the water has boiled, add as much sugar as you think is necessary. It all depends on your preferences.
   
5. The water has boiled - remove the pan from the stove and evenly pour boiling water over the currants in the jars. To begin with, pour a little so that the dishes do not crack, then fill to the end.
   
6. Next, you need to tighten the cans with a seaming machine and turn them upside down.
7. After this, you need to cover the jars with a warm blanket and leave for 8-9 hours.
   

Your drink is ready, you can hide it in the closet until winter. Now you understand how to make red currant juice.

You can also create a fruit drink from frozen red currants, its taste will be just as rich and tasty.

Video recipe for currant juice

In this video, you will become familiar with the technique and sequence of making fruit drink for the winter, see which jars are best to use, and also enjoy the aesthetic appearance of the drink.

What to serve with red and dark currant juice

This drink can be served with various sweets, including:

• chocolate and biscuit cakes;
• pancakes with cheese, condensed milk or honey;
• shortbread, waffles and cakes.

In very hot weather, fruit juice is drunk in unlimited quantities; it quickly relieves thirst and refreshes.

Tips and tricks for making

• In the process of making fruit juice, you should not use kitchen utensils made of alloy, for example, a spoon, because the vitamin (a low-molecular organic compound of relatively simple structure, necessary for all living things) , which is contained in currants, when combined with similar objects, loses all its useful characteristics.
• When choosing currants, pay attention to their appearance; they should be: brightly colored, hard, round and plump.
• If you want to vary your drink, you can add berries that mix well with currants: cherries, blueberries, gooseberries or cranberries.

Fundamentally! If you are a honey lover, you can add it instead of sugar. In this case, you need to be careful with the proportions.

Other options for making fruit drinks

The drink can be prepared from all berries. Use the ones whose taste you like best. For example, cranberries make the most delicious cranberry juice. Due to the beneficial properties of currants, it is best to create a mix that includes one of its types.

There are many other methods on how to create a fruit drink from red currants, including this: you need to grind the berries in a blender or use a regular masher and mix with boiled water.

A very useful recipe for fruit drink, which contains strawberries, lingonberries, various types of currants and cherries. You need to separate the berries from the seeds, mash the fruits with a spoon or masher, mix with water and bring to a boil. Then add sugar and boil for about 5 minutes, strain and cool.

Another refreshing drink is kvass made from birch sap, the recipe for which is very popular and varied.
For those who do not like sweet fruit drinks, you can prepare beet kvass or oat kvass.