Recipes
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1. Grape Salad
Ingredients
Grapes: 2 kg
Cream Cheese: 250g
Walnuts: ½ cup (chopped)
Sour Cream: 1 cup
Granulated Sugar: ½ cup
Vanilla Extract: 1 teaspoon
Brown Sugar: 2 tablespoons (for the topping)
Method: In a large bowl, mix the cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Gently stir in the grapes until they are all covered in the creamy mixture. In a separate small bowl, mix the brown sugar and walnuts together, then sprinkle them over the top. Cover the bowl and let it sit in the fridge for at least an hour (or overnight) and serve it cold.
2. Concord Grape Jelly
Ingredients
Water: ½ cup
Grapes: 1.5 kg washed
White sugar: 7 cups
Pouch liquid pectin: 6 tbsp
Method: Start by washing and stemming the grapes, then simmer them with a little water for 10 minutes until they are soft. Strain the mixture through a cloth to collect the juice equal to 4 cups. Mix the juice with the sugar in a large pot, bring it to a boil, and then stir in the liquid pectin. Let it boil hard for exactly one minute before taking it off the heat, Finally, pour the liquid into clean jars, seal them, and boil the jars in water for five minutes to ensure they stay fresh.
3. Grape Mojito Mocktail
Ingredients
Green grapes:1 cup
Water: 2 cups
Black salt: 1 tsp
Honey: 1 tbsp
Lemon juice: 2 tbsp
Mint leaves: 2 tbsp
Chaat masala (as required)
Ice cubes (as required)
Chilled soda/Sprite/ 7Up (as required)
Method
Blend the fresh grapes with water until the mixture is completely smooth. Pour the blended mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing firmly to extract the juice. Stir in the honey, lemon juice, black salt, and mint leaves. Mix thoroughly to ensure the flavours are well-incorporated. To prepare the serving glass, moisten the rims of your serving glasses with a lemon wedge, then dip them into chaat masala for a savory coating. Fill the prepared glasses with ice cubes, pour in the grape base, and top with a splash of soda. Assemble and serve
4. Green Grapes Cocktail Delight
Ingredients
Freshly squeezed lemon juice: 2 tbsp
Sugar: 4 tsp
Green Grapes: 1 cup
Vodka: 60 ml
Sprite or Soda: 500 ml
Mint leaves and Lemon Slices to garnish
Ice cubes: 6-8
Method
Mash green grapes with sugar in a blender. Pass the mixture through a strainer to extract the juice. Now, combine grape juice with vodka, lemon juice and a splash of Sprite in a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice. Strain the mixture into a glass with ice cubes and garnish with lemon slices and mint leaves.
5. Grape Sorbet
Ingredients
Grapes: 500g
Sugar: 100g
Lemon juice: 1 tbsp
Method
Wash and destem 500 grams of seedless grapes, then freeze them for at least four hours or overnight. Dissolve 100 grams of sugar in 120 ml of water over medium heat to create a simple syrup, allowing it to cool. Next, blend the frozen grapes with the cooled syrup and a tablespoon of lemon juice. Pour this base into a shallow, freezer-safe container and freeze for an additional four hours until firm. Let the sorbet sit at room temperature for 5–10 minutes to soften. Scoop the finished treat into bowls.
