I am not able to drink alcohol [wine] right now and the wine racks are full....so will juice out the berries and preserve the juice till a later time.
24# of frozen strawberries. Berries are small this year due to a severe drought, but still tasty.
Just put the frozen berries in the top basket, be sure to keep the bottom pot full of boiling water at all times.
As the berries melt and release their juices you can add more frozen berries on top of the pulp.
The steam rises through a cone in the middle pot, the steam releases the juice from the fruit in the top basket, the juice gathers around the cone.
The juice comes through the spigot into a catch pot.
Pure strawberry juice.
Within a short time you will have lots of juice and very little pulp.
Then it is time to preserve the juice into canning jars.
If you have never preserved anything in mason jars, don't be intimidated, it's not rocket science.
The 24# of strawberries gave 12 quarts [3 gallons] of pure juice....should make a nice 5-6 gallon batch of wine....I usually add some Winexpert Red Wine Grape Concentrate, it makes a delicious red wine.
Now there is room in the freezer for the raspberries.
Hope this has been helpful....
24# of frozen strawberries. Berries are small this year due to a severe drought, but still tasty.
Just put the frozen berries in the top basket, be sure to keep the bottom pot full of boiling water at all times.
As the berries melt and release their juices you can add more frozen berries on top of the pulp.
The steam rises through a cone in the middle pot, the steam releases the juice from the fruit in the top basket, the juice gathers around the cone.
The juice comes through the spigot into a catch pot.
Pure strawberry juice.
Within a short time you will have lots of juice and very little pulp.
Then it is time to preserve the juice into canning jars.
If you have never preserved anything in mason jars, don't be intimidated, it's not rocket science.
The 24# of strawberries gave 12 quarts [3 gallons] of pure juice....should make a nice 5-6 gallon batch of wine....I usually add some Winexpert Red Wine Grape Concentrate, it makes a delicious red wine.
Now there is room in the freezer for the raspberries.
Hope this has been helpful....
