Redcurrant juice

Kitchen tools

Prepare ahead of time all the tools, utensils and utensils that you will need in the process of preparing red and black currant juice:

a saucepan or pan with a thick bottom and a non-stick coating with a volume of 3 liters or more, deep bowls (several pieces) with a capacity of 320 to 720 ml;
teaspoons;
paper or linen towels;
oven mitts and cutting board.

measuring cup or kitchen scale;
fine sieve;
medium or large grater;
colander;
sharp knife;
wooden spatula;
tablespoons;

It is also recommended to keep
a blender or food processor with a chopper ready to properly prepare some ingredients for adding to the fruit drink.

You will need

The basis

red currant	250-280 g
Purified water)	1 l
Granulated sugar	120 g

Important! How to make perfect redcurrant juice? The answer is simple: choose only ripe berries, without green or yellow blooms. In addition, to achieve excellent results, try not to mash the currants before cooking and keep the berries in a spacious bowl.

Additionally

30 g fresh mint.

Cooking sequence

Preparation

We wash the currants in running cold water, and in the process we sort them out, removing leaves, cuttings and rotten berries. We also remove the berry brushes.
After this, spread paper towels on the table and allow the berries to dry .
Bring the water to a boil , then let the liquid cool . As soon as the water has cooled to 30 - 35 degrees , place the bowl with it in the refrigerator.

Did you know? My grandmother taught me that excellent fruit juice is obtained only when no rotten, blackened or unripe berries get into the liquid during cooking. So try to thoroughly sort through all the berry mass.

Preparation

Place the dried currants in a deep bowl and mash a little with a spoon .
Pour approximately 50 ml of chilled boiled water and stir.
After this, transfer the currants to a colander and place it over a deep bowl.
Mash the berries thoroughly , squeezing the juice into a bowl. If the currants do not want to “give up” the juice, then add a little more cold water to the mixture.
Then pour the remaining water into a saucepan or stewpan, and pour granulated sugar .
Bring the liquid to a boil , pour the squeezed berries into the pan and pour out the resulting juice.
Reduce the heat to low and cook the mixture for about ten minutes, then turn off the heat and add the mint sprigs. After this, cover the pan with a lid and let the fruit drink brew for about twenty minutes .

Did you know? According to this recipe, currant juice can be easily cooked in a slow cooker. Use the “Baking” program at the first stage of cooking, and the “Stew” or “Soup” mode at the second stage, after adding berries and juice.

Ready!
Now you know exactly how to make the perfect redcurrant juice! You can pour it into glasses immediately, you can pour it into jars and leave it for the winter , you can put it in the refrigerator to cool - choose for yourself what you like best. If you plan to give fruit drink to small children, dilute it with warm boiled water , since children may find the drink sour and too rich. It is not recommended to add sugar only if you come across a berry that is too sour.

Redcurrant juice - video recipe

Carefully check the suggested video to make sure you have prepared the correct fruit drink.

Options for preparing fruit juice

Basic recipe

This option is considered classic and involves boiling syrup. The technology is as follows:

Berries, 300 grams, crushed in any convenient way. This could be a regular fork, a blender or a potato masher. At the same time, red currants do not require preliminary blanching, since the skin of the fruit is very thin.
The berry mass is ground through a metal grid or sieve. An ordinary tablespoon comes to the rescue here.
Boil syrup. To do this, add 5 large spoons of sugar to a liter of water. As soon as the liquid boils, add the remaining currant pulp to it. Boil the fruit drink base for 5-7 minutes.
Next, filter the hot syrup through a fine sieve and wait until it cools almost completely.
The juice extracted at the first stage is added to the warm berry compote.

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

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

The video of the channel “Simple Recipes” presents detailed instructions for making fruit juice from red currants

"Raw" fruit drink

The drink prepared according to this recipe is considered the healthiest and very quick to prepare. The syrup, as in the previous case, is not boiled. Berries, half a glass, pour 1.5 glasses of cool water. The main thing is that the water is clean, 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 stage, the finished fruit drink is filtered and poured into a beautiful glass.

The berry pulp should not be thrown away. It still retains a lot of useful 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 redcurrant drink is described in.

With honey

This version of fruit drink is prepared using any of the technologies described above. The main feature of honey juice is that sugar is replaced with a natural beekeeping product. The quantity is adjusted to your taste.

It is necessary to pay attention to the fact that honey cannot be added to a hot liquid, much less boiled. All its beneficial properties are immediately lost. Therefore, the sweet ingredient is added to the fruit drink at the very end, in a completely cooled broth.

Properly prepared honey-based currant juice is much tastier and healthier than a regular drink.

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

From frozen red currants

Of course, you don’t make red currant fruit drinks for the winter, but during the winter months you can also enjoy fresh vitamin drinks. To do this, you only need to have a spacious freezer with large supplies of summer berries.

Frozen currants, 1 cup, pre-defrost. To preserve maximum nutrients in the berries, do it slowly, using the positive compartment of the refrigerator.

When the berries thaw, they are punched with a blender. By the way, pre-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 wire rack.

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 over low heat under a lid for about 10 minutes. 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 first boiling the syrup. Without defrosting, 150 grams of fruit are transferred to a deep measuring cup or a special container for use with a blender. Add 1.5 tablespoons of sugar and pour boiling water (300 milliliters).

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

Blackcurrant juice

Cooking time: 20 – 25 minutes.
Number of persons: 6 – 9.
Calorie content per 100 g: 210 – 280 kcal.

You will need

400 g black currants;
2 liters of purified water;
200 – 220 g granulated sugar;

5 g ground cinnamon;
1 lemon.

Important! I highly recommend using fresh currants for this type of fruit drink, but if they are not available to you, buy frozen ones - just be sure to check their expiration date. Frozen currants must be completely defrosted under natural conditions.

Cooking sequence

Preparation

Wash the currants thoroughly in cold water, removing rotten, blackened and not too ripe berries.
After this, we place the currants on paper towels so that the berries dry naturally.
Pour the water into the pan and place the dishes on medium heat, bring to a vigorous boil .
out of the lemon or simply grind the pulp in a food processor with a special attachment.

Preparation

Pour the prepared berries into bubbling boiling water and stir a little.
Reduce the heat intensity and cook the currants for about fifteen minutes.
Then remove the pan from the heat and allow the liquid to cool to about 50 degrees .
Only after this add granulated sugar and stir the brew thoroughly.
Once the sugar grains have dissolved, add ground cinnamon and lemon juice.
Mix the fruit drink thoroughly again and place the pan in the refrigerator to cool.

Did you know? Be sure to cool the brew before adding granulated sugar to it - otherwise you will not get a fruit drink, but a regular compote.

That's all, you have prepared your first delicious blackcurrant juice.
Garnish it with sprigs of mint or basil and serve it with main courses, desserts, or simply for those who are thirsty or want to quickly warm up. My grandmother advised straining fruit juice to get rid of the pulp floating in it, but this should only be done if you cannot stand berry fragments floating in the glass.

Blackcurrant juice - video

Below you can see in detail how to prepare the perfect blackcurrant juice. Fans of compotes, fruit drinks and other soft drinks may be interested in other recipes for ideal drinks that will delight your family both in summer and winter.
Try making classic cranberry juice, which is how I once started my culinary career. In addition, it is impossible not to mention the famous homemade kvass recipe without yeast, as well as the very unusual, but incredibly tasty and appetizing beet kvass. In addition, I recommend preparing an original kvass recipe from birch sap - an excellent solution for those who are watching the amount of calories they consume and their health. At the very end, I’ll also recommend a very delicate and low-calorie kvass made from oats, which will appeal to both adherents of a healthy lifestyle and those who just want to eat deliciously. Bon appetit everyone! I really hope that you will write me a few lines about the recipe just described, and also share your unique experiences in preparing fruit juice from different types of currants. Have a good mood and successful experiments in the kitchen!

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How to store currant juice

In general, fruit drinks should be drunk immediately after preparation. But if the need arises, 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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Black and red currant juice 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 plus is that it is an excellent substitute for the sweet carbonated water with dyes that children love.

With the help of a variety of flavoring and aromatic additives, fruit juice can be made even more original and unique.