Raisin

Raisins ( roisin from Old French, to Latin raceme, grape ') are dried grapes. The term "cherry " is both the generic term for all dried grapes as well as the specific name for the dried fruit of a particular grape variety. They are harvested when ripe and then dried in the sun or in the shade until the moisture of the berries as approximately 15 to 18 %. This causes a concentration of the fructose content to about 33%. They have a honey-yellow to dark brown color. Four to five kilograms of grapes yield one kilograms of raisins.

In OIV report to find statistics about wine cultivation, information on the production of raisins.

Demarcation

Depending on the grape variety and origin of the following types of raisins bear its own name:

• Sultanas must be obtained from the Sultana grapes ( Thompson Seedless ), the white, thin-skinned, is particularly sweet and seedless. Sultanas have a bright golden yellow color. Producing countries are Turkey (→ Viticulture in Turkey ), United States, especially California (→ viticulture in the United States), Australia ( → Viticulture in Australia ) and South Africa (→ Viticulture in South Africa).
• Currants are made ​​from the grape korinthiaki ( "Black Currant "; Latin Vitis vinifera Apyrena ) won. They are also seedless, dark brown to black, blue, small berries and stronger in taste. The currant was named after the Greek city of Corinth and is a detectable since the 15th century in the German formation, similar to French raisin de Corinthe ( " raisin from Corinth "). Producing countries are next to Greece and Australia, South Africa and the USA ( California).
• Raisins (Arabic zabiba, sicilian zibibba ) are dried grapes on the vine. In dry harvest years, they are processed into a dry berry selection ( a wine with high residual sugar content ). A typical representative of this production process is the Hungarian Wine " Tokaji Aszú " ( Tokaj Ausbruchwein ), in which before fermentation is always a certain amount of raisins is added to the fresh must. In southern Germany and parts of Austria is " Zibebe " a general term for dried grapes that are used for food preparation. After the German Dictionary, this term called " Raisin " starts soft, according to the dictionary, the word belongs to the southern German and Austrian specialties. 2009 includes the dictionary of Austrian German declaration " large reddish raisin " and notes that the word " also South German ".

Use

Due to the high sugar content raisins are popular with the preparation of desserts, but can also be eaten unprocessed. They are baked in many desserts, including buns, raisin bread and stollen. For some recipes raisins in fruit juice, alcoholic beverages or water to be soaked to make them plumper, softer and fruitier. You can also find many main dishes from the Arab region and the Rhenish Sauerbraten use. Moreover, they are contained in many cereals mixtures. The so-called trail mix obtained by the large proportion of sultanas its sweet taste.

Average composition

Information per 100 g edible portion:

1 mg = 1000 ug ¹ semi-essential

The physiological calorific value is 1242 kJ per 100 g edible portion.

Others

• Raisins may be sulfurized to improve durability. From the addition of 10 mg per kg of sulphite should be indicated on the package.
• Raisins are toxic to humans and animals (except dogs ). In some dogs, it already comes with intake of 2.8 g of raisins per kg body mass to a wine grape poisoning.
• The German phrase means pick the raisins ( from the cake ) " take the best parts and leave the others the less good parts ." The same means in Austria the word " Zibebenpicker ".
• A redensartlicher Korinthenkacker is someone who takes too important and unimportant his fellow human beings occurs opinionated, so a pedant; similar terms are cumin splitters, bean counters, hair-splitting, Krümelkacker, Kriacherlscheiber ( Austrian, Styria ), I- Tüpfelischisser ( Alemannic ).