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Mar
To make your own rice wine rinse and soak 2 cups of sticky or glutinous rice then steam the rice for about 25 minutes. Glutinous rice is most suitable for making wine.
Rice wine was the first wine i attempted to make after our marriage and it was so perfect that i was so happy with the result.
Making rice wine at home. To make your own rice wine rinse and soak 2 cups of sticky or glutinous rice then steam the rice for about 25 minutes. Once the rice is cooked spread it into a thin layer on a cookie sheet and let it cool. Mix yeast powder with the rice then place the rice in an air tight container.
Making wine at home brings in a festive mood though i do make wine at home often i have not posted other than the pineapple peel wine. Rice wine is easy to make and even a novice cook can make this easy homemade wine. Rice wine was the first wine i attempted to make after our marriage and it was so perfect that i was so happy with the result.
Take a sauce pan and add 4 cups of glutinous rice in it. Glutinous rice is most suitable for making wine. You can purchase this type of rice from asian aisle of a grocery store.
Pour hot water into the sauce pan until all rice is fully covered with it. Let the rice soak hot water for at least one hour. Let the rice ferment for 4 to 5 days.
Next open the jar and place the cheesecloth in a mixing bowl. Empty the contents of the jar the rice wine and the rice into the bowl on the cheesecloth. First thing that you need to do is soak the raw rice in hot water for about an hour.
Then you want to drain the rice and steam it for about half an hour. You can use a food steamer or put in a colander over boiling water to do this. Once that is done you can spread the rice on a tray and let it cool for approximately two hours.
Rice wine recipe wash the rice a few times until the water gets clear. Then pour it with boiling water the water should be above rice by at least 2 3 cm cover the cooking pot and leave it for 60 minutes. The preferred rice to use is glutenous rice also known as sticky or sweet rice.
It gets prepared just as you would for eating we used our rice cooker. For our 2 liter jar we started with about 650g 3 measuring cups or 4 rice cooker cups of uncooked rice. After the rice is cooked spread it out on a sheet pan.
To make your very own wine crush 16 cups of grapes or berries in a large crock. Once the crock is filled with fruit juice add a campden tablet to get rid of any wild yeast and bacteria. Stir in 2 cups of honey to sweeten your wine and 1 packet of yeast to help your wine ferment.