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Grape Juice

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  • Home canning. Old canning methods can let botulism through. Use current tested canning guidance.
  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. Water
  2. a quart of juice
  3. 1 gill of sugar
  4. Grapes

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Grape High in riboflavin · High in manganese

    High in riboflavin · 1.5 mg per 100 g, 107% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Riboflavin contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Riboflavin contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal mucous membranes.
    6 more authorised claims
    • Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal red blood cells.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal skin.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal vision.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the normal metabolism of iron.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.

    Riboflavin (also called vitamin B2) is important for the growth, development, and function of the cells in your body. It also helps turn the food you eat into the energy you need. NIH fact sheet

    High in manganese · 2.0 mg per 100 g, 99% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Manganese contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    • Manganese contributes to the normal formation of connective tissue.
    1 more authorised claims
    • Manganese contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Manganese is a mineral that your body needs to stay healthy. Your body uses manganese to make energy and protect your cells from damage. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Grapes, muscadine, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Wash the grapes and pick from the stems.
  2. Put the fruit in the preserving kettle and crush slightly.
  3. Heat slowly and boil gently for half an hour.
  4. Crush the fruit with a wooden spoon.
  5. Put a sieve or colander over a large bowl and spread a square of cheese cloth over the sieve.
  6. Turn the fruit and juice into the cheese cloth;
  7. drain well, then draw the edges of the cheese cloth together and twist hard to press out all the juice possible.
  8. Put the strained juice in a clean preserving kettle and on the fire.
  9. When it boils up, draw back and skim.
  10. Let it boil up again and skim;
  11. then add the sugar and stir until dissolved.
  12. Boil five minutes, skimming carefully.
  13. Fill hot sterilized jars or bottles.
  14. Put the jars or bottles in a moderate oven for ten minutes, in pans of boiling water.
  15. Have some boiling juice and pour a little of it into the jars as they are taken from the oven;
  16. then seal.
  17. Place on boards and set aside out of a cold draft.
  18. A good proportion of sugar and juice is 1 gill of sugar to a quart of juice.
  19. The preparation and use of grape juice has been discussed at length in an earlier bulletin of this series.[a]

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Wooden spoon
  • Spatula
  • Slotted spoon
  • Sieve
  • Colander
  • Kettle