Recipe for making blackcurrant juice for the winter

To prepare blackcurrant juice you will need:

• 1 kg of berries;
• 150 grams of water.

Place the currants in a colander and rinse them under running cold water. Clean them from stalks and leaves.

Place the berries in a saucepan and crush them well with a potato masher. Add water and place the pan on the stove.

Bring the berries to a boil, and immediately remove the pan from the stove, cover it with a lid and wait 2-3 hours.

Place a sieve or fine mesh colander on a clean pan and strain the juice. Take your time, let it drain on its own. It may take a little longer, but the juice will be clear and there will be no need to further filter it.

If there is not a lot of juice and it is intended for baby food, it can be frozen by pouring the juice into ice molds or into a plastic candy box. If there is more than two cups of juice, then it is better to put it in jars.

Black currants are not afraid of high temperatures and the juice can be boiled. Just don’t overcook the juice, just bring it to a boil and skim off the foam.

Pour the juice into sterilized bottles or jars and immediately close the lids. Later you can do homemade blackcurrant marmalade.

Blackcurrant juice without sugar can be stored for up to 6 months, because sugar is a preservative and blackcurrant syrup can stand for years. Therefore, if you need to increase shelf life, add sugar when preparing juice, at the rate of 100 grams of sugar for each liter of juice. This will be enough for the juice to last for 12-18 months.

How to prepare blackcurrant juice in a juicer, watch the video: