#Grapefruit wine full#

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The fruit can be saved to make a delicious marmalade (recipe coming soon!)Īllow the juice to settle, overnight if possible, and then pour it through a few layers of dampened cheesecloth or a jelly straining bag to leave the sediment behind. Allow to drip for an hour, then gently press to extract more liquid. Once a week, top them off with wine, if necessary.Īfter 30 days, unseal the jars and strain the contents through a colander to capture the liquid in a bowl. Over the next month, check on the jars and agitate them every few days. At the end of the first week, top off each jar from the reserved bottle of wine. Agitate them once a day for the first week.

The sugar will dissolve slowly over time. Seal the jars and invert them a time or two to eliminate air pockets. (Very densely packed citrus may take a while to settle all the air bubbles out.) You may have another bottle of wine left over, which you can use to top off the jar as the liquid settles. Use the reserved end caps of the grapefruit, peel side up, as the top layer.ĭivide the vodka between the jars, and cover the remainder of the fruit with wine. If you are using chamomile branches, you can add them at the end, but if using loosely measured chamomile, add it near the bottom of the jar and layer citrus rounds over it, to prevent the herb from floating at the top of the jar. Layer the grapefruit slices and the lemon and lime slices, alternating between colors and pressing down as you go. Divide the sugar measure proportionally between the jars you are using, and add a split vanilla bean to each. Using two 5 quart jars makes the math easier, though. Kevin West wrote this recipe to be divided between two 5 quart Fido jars, but we had several 2 and 3 liter Le Parfait jars on hand, and so we used those. Cut a round slice off of both ends of the grapefruit and set the rounds aside. Scrub the citrus in cold water, and if using store-bought fruit, rinse it in very hot water to remove all traces of wax. Lightened with a bit of sparkling water, it makes a perfect brunch apertif, similar to a mimosa, but so much more interesting.

#Grapefruit wine full#

But it is fantastic just as it is, full of complex flavors, sweetness and bitterness, fruit and flower and vanilla bean. (Vin de Pamplemousse, by the way, means nothing more than Grapefruit Wine, but we much prefer the fabulous ring of Vin de Pamplemousse.) I'd like to try this recipe using a little less sugar, or perhaps some light honey instead of the sugar. And here’s a bonus! After the citrus has infused into the wine mixture, the rinds can be used to make another recipe, a beautiful Vin de Pamplemousse marmalade. Grapefruit and vanilla, chamomile and lemon and lime… be still my heart. I read the ingredient list next and was sold. It was easy to fall in love with this recipe before we had ever tasted it, just by looking at the picture in Kevin West’s epic preservation tome, Saving the Season: A Cook's Guide to Home Canning, Pickling, and Preserving.