Grape juice/syrup (Sok od Grožđa)
Grape juice/syrup, can be found at any Montenegrin
restaurant, snack bar, supermarket and it is commonly prepared in every local
house as it is tasty, healthy and widely consumed. Preparation is very easy, as
the berries are removed from stems, mixed with a blender and strained; the
resulted juice is sweetened with sugar, enriched in flavor with lemon juice and
is boiled before being stored in sterilized bottles. It is drank as it is, or
combined with other alcoholic beverages, or mixed with water, ice, lemon slices
and fresh mint leaves, if wanted.
Ingredients:
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grapes,
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sugar and
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lemon.
Instructions:
Grapes wash and mash well. The resulting juice add
sugar, lemon juice and let it cook. When the liquid boils cook another 10
minutes. and pour into clean sterilized hot bottle. Bottles close hermetic
closure, wrapped in tea towels and put in hot water to cook (sterilized for 15
min). Remove the bottle, wrap it in a thick cloth and leave to rest. The
following day, leave them in a dark place (cellar) in order to use stand.
Note:
1 kg of grapes put 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon
of lemon juice. If desired, the amount of sugar can be reduced and added
between. In this case the scale 1: 1.
If the juice is very concentrated, it is diluted with
water and ice.
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