Homemade Grape Juice Canning Recipe

I always thought it would be hard to make homemade grape juice, but it really isn’t! It takes a little time, but the process is actually pretty simple once you get the hang of it.

You also need a few pieces of the right equipment, but thankfully, most of it is inexpensive and can be used over and over again.

If you have an abundance of grapes from your garden, making and canning your own grape juice is a great way to preserve them.

There’s something really satisfying about filling your pantry with jars of homemade juice that you can enjoy throughout the year.

Grape Juice Recipe

Ingredients:

• Grapes*
• Sugar (optional)

 

*You can prepare this recipe with purple or green grapes. It doesn’t matter if the grapes have seeds in them, you will strain those out when you make the juice.

  

Rinse grapes. Place in a large stock pot and add just enough water to cover grapes.

Simmer for 15-20 minutes, until grapes are soft. Mash grapes with a potato masher. Place grapes in a jelly bag to strain juice.

 

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Place grape juice in a large sauce pan. Add water to dilute, if desired.

Add sugar to sweeten, if desired. Heat until candy thermometer shows temperature has reached 190 degrees F.

Heating the juice to this temperature is necessary to kill any bacteria present in the juice before canning it, so this step is important.

 

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Step by Step Video

(Click on the video below to watch me canning grape juice step by step.)

 

Canning Instructions

 

Remove the pan from the heat. Remove any foam with a metal spoon. Ladle the jam into hot sterilized quart jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space, and process in boiling water canner for 15 minutes.

Remove the jars from the canner and let them sit on a towel on the kitchen counter to cool. Jars will seal as they are cooling.

Any jars that don’t seal can be stored in the refrigerator for 1-2 weeks. Sealed jars can be stored for 1-2 years.

 

Yield: Varies

 

 

Like this recipe? You might also like this recipe for making raisins with a food dehydrator or what to do with homegrown grapes.

 

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