Italian Balloon Wine Food

BALLOON WINE

Balloon Wine image

This isn't fine wine, but its homemade, fun and easy. The results will be varied depending on the kind of fruit, sugar content, yeast's fermentation, temperature. This recipe uses juice concentrate, but you can make your own juice from grapes or plums. Don't use citrus.

Provided by Kathy228

Categories Beverages

Time P1m11DT15m

Yield 1-2 bottles

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

1 (2 1/2 ounce) package active dry yeast
4 cups sugar
1 (12 ounce) can frozen juice concentrate, without sweeteners
3 1/2 quarts cold water

Steps:

You will also need: 1 gallon glass jug (I guess you can use plastic, but I never did); 1 extra large latex balloon and a sturdy rubber band; 1-2 empty wine bottles or bottles of choice.
Combine the yeast, sugar and juice in a gallon jug.
Fill the jug the rest of the way with cold water.
Rinse out the balloon, and fit it over the opening of the jug.
Secure the balloon with a rubber band.
Place jug in a cool dark place.
Within a day you will notice the balloon starting to expand.
As the sugar turns to alcohol, the released gas will fill up the balloon.
When the balloon is deflated, the wine is ready to drink.
It takes about 6-weeks total.
Carefully pour wine into empty bottles without disturbing the sediment.
Discard the sediment.
Cork and tape the bottles closed.
The wine can be drunk now or aged, bottles on their side, for a year if you like.
But the younger it is, the yeastier it'll taste.

HOMEMADE BALLOON WINE

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I found this recipe on another website. My parents tried it and said that it is very good! My husband is going to start his wine tonight!!!

Provided by Kim M.

Categories Beverages

Time P1m11DT10m

Yield 1 gallon

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

1/4 ounce active dry yeast
4 cups sugar
12 ounces frozen juice concentrate, any flavor except citrus, thawed
3 1/2 quarts cold water

Steps:

Combine the yeast, sugar and juice concentrate in a sterile gallon jug. Fill the jug the rest of the way with cold water. Shake jug to mix ingredients.
Rinse out a balloon, and fit it over the opening of the jug. Poke one small needle hole in balloon. Secure the balloon with a rubber band.
Place jug in a cool dark place. Within a day you will notice the balloon starting to expand. As the sugar turns to alcohol, the gasses released will fill up the balloon. When the balloon is deflated back to size; the wine is ready to drink. It takes about 6 weeks.
Be sure to siphon off the top and/or strain through a coffee filter. You DO NOT want to drink the residue in the bottom of the gallon jug.
This wine is great for cooking as well as drinking. We tried grape juice concentrate, but the original recipe preferred the red.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 5216.9, Fat 8.7, SaturatedFat 1.1, Sodium 189.9, Carbohydrate 1319.8, Fiber 3.9, Sugar 799.3, Protein 6.3

MAKE-A-HOME BALLOON WINE

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When I was a teenager, my mother made this wine quite often. It is a sweeter wine, so if you like your wine a little drier, decrease the sugar. I like it just the way it is, and have for many years.

Provided by Lila Martin

Categories Beverages

Time 15m

Yield 4 Quarts

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

6 cups sugar
1 package yeast
1 quart unsweetened grape juice or 1 quart other unsweetened juice
12 raisins

Steps:

Mix juice, sugar, yeast and raisins in a 1-gallon small mouth glass jar.
Fill to neck of jar with water and mix well.
Place a large balloon over opening of jar and secure with a rubber band.
Put the jar with mixture in a place where it won't have to be moved.
Let stand about 6 weeks.
After 6 weeks is over, wine may be strained and bottled.
Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1325, Fat 0.3, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 8.6, Carbohydrate 339.7, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 338.2, Protein 2.1