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[Question] What should I do with a lot of grapes? (self.cooking)
submitted 10 months ago by TheGiantKorean to c/cooking
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Basically I bought a large thing of grapes when we already had grapes. We're eating them pretty much every day, but I'm worried that they're going to go bad before we finish them. Any suggestions on what we can do with them?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I'd probably squeeze the juice and freeze it. Then use the skins for chimia (a type of jelly - see further info below*). Here's the recipe:

  • 3 cups of grape skins. Don't include seeds, they get bitter.
  • 2 cups of water.
  • 1/2 cup of sugar.
  • 1/2 cup of lemon or lime juice.
  1. Cook the skins in the water. Let it boil for ten minutes or so, on low fire, then drain the excess water.
  2. Add sugar and lime juice. Keep cooking it on low fire and stirring it. The skins should fall apart on their own and thicken the jelly, but if you want use a blender to speed up the process. Keep in mind that the final result will be thicker when cold, so don't cook it too thick.

That's it. If preserving it put it inside pots while still boiling hot, and they should outlast the thermal death of the Universe.

*further info: @[email protected] mentioned that the distinction between jam and jelly depends on the country for English speakers. Well... when you speak Portuguese it varies regionally in Brazil (and likely in Portugal, too), and it might have one to three categories. I grew up with three:

  • geléia or geleia - jelly made with whole fruits, either heavy on pectin by themselves or with added pectin (e.g. from the white part of lemons). It sets hard, with a gelatinous consistency.
  • doce - the word means literally "sweet", and it's used for stuff like dulce de leche (doce de leite) or desserts, but when it comes to fruits it's usually "jam". No pectin added, so it's usually runnier
  • chimia - at least I see it as a type of geléia/jelly, but a lot of people see it as a third thing, aside from the other two. It's traditionally made with pomace, as a way to reuse leftover skins from wine production; because otherwise the drunkards would make graspa aka bagaceira (grape pomace spirit) out of it.

That's basically as far north as Paraná though. Norther than that (São Paulo) and people don't use the word "chimia"; go further north and they take "geléia" and "doce de frutas" as synonymous.

[–] TheGiantKorean 3 points 10 months ago

Chimia sounds really interesting. I've never heard of it before. Thanks for the recipe!

Very interesting about the different types of jellies and jams. I knew about the whole jelly/gelatin thing (I'm from the US so I don't refer to gelatin as jelly).

[–] FuglyDuck 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

hmmm.

that sounds delicious. gonna have to give a go the next time I have too many grapes. Usually I go with blackberry jam boil the black berries until they're easily mashed, mash through a fine strainer to get rid of the seeds, then add sugar, a little lemon zest, some cinnamon. some conrstarch. add some water to help things mix, and reduce to the right consistency.

It, ah, also makes an awesome topping for vanilla ice cream, if you add some whole berries back in while it's reducing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm a bit biased because I grew up with this sort of stuff, but I think that it is delicious. Just don't skip the first step (boiling then straining the water), specially with darker grape varieties, otherwise the tannins get a bit too strong.

It, ah, also makes an awesome topping for vanilla ice cream, if you add some whole berries back in while it’s reducing.

That's an amazing idea. And I think that blackberries are in season now here (it's usually late Feb, early March in the S. Hemisphere), might be worth checking the neighbourhood for some.

[–] FuglyDuck 3 points 10 months ago

for topping, I suggest leaving it a little more liquidy, but you can also heat it up a bit.

also goes great on top of pancakes and waffles if you're not a fan of straight liquid sugar.

[–] TheGiantKorean 1 points 10 months ago

This is a nice way of using the leftovers from making blackberry jam. We get about a gallon of blackberries from our back yard each year. I'm gonna give this a whirl.