Sweet grape with syrup

Posted on Aug 27, 2010 in Desserts | 1 comment

INGREDIENTS

• 1kgr grape Sultana (only the berries)
• 700gr sugar
• 300gr glucose
• 1/2 cup lemon juice (if you want, you can replace the lemon juice with citric acid dissolved in 1/2 cup water)
• 1-2 cups water (depending on how thick are the grapes and grape skins)

METHOD

1. Leave the grape berries in lemon juice or in solution of citric acid for 2 hours, stirring constantly. (For not hurt the fruit, put it in a pot with lid and shake often, and turning upside down. In that way the grape berries remain firm and crisp, soak up the lemon helps to avoid getting very sweet.)
2. After 2h poured some sugar in a deep pot, continue with a layer of grape berries and continue alternately to sugar and grape berries.
3. You can leave it for 2h-8h, depending on the time you have or you can add water and tie the syrup slightly.
4. Once the syrup thickens slightly, add the glucose and continue to tie up.
5. It might need skimming, but do not remove the foam from the beginning, you just hit the surface of the foam with spoon, until it calmed down and started to gather on the walls of the pot.
6. This way you will only remove the foam and not the precious sweet syrup, that the more you have, the better preserved.
7. Once the syrup thickens, add the grape berries and skim without stirring.
8. Shake the pot every so often.
9. Boil them for 5′-10′ (approximately – depending on the grape) and they are ready.
10. Remove grape berries with a slotted spoon and tie well the syrup (in case you see that the syrup is not blended well, while the grapes are ready).
11. Pour the syrup back to grapes, remove from heat and let it soak the syrup.
12. When they are cool enough place them in sterile jars.