dandelion wine

Name: Dandelion Wine
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 quart(s) blossems, no stems; 4 quart(s) cold water; 1/2 cup(s) tepid water; 1 - yeast cake; 1 pound(s) seedless raisins; 6 cup(s) (3 pounds) sugar; 1 large lemon; 1 large orange

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Jane Whittaker

Massena (now in FL), NY

Updated on Mar 22, 2011

This is a really old recipe. You can use rose petals as well for this. The rose petals resulted in a very pretty pink wine. I bought a wine making kit from a place that sold beer making kits. it basically was a large plastic jug with a small opening that a air release valve fit into. You could use a stone crock, or glass crock for this. The prep time is 2 weeks, couldn't put that in the prep time correctly because it didn't have a time slot that big.

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Ingredients

1 quart blossems, no stems
4 quarts cold water
1/2 cup tepid water
1 - yeast cake
1 pound seedless raisins
6 cups (3 pounds) sugar
1 large lemon
1 large orange

How To Make dandelion wine

Step 1

Measure generous quarts of washed blossoms into a large saucepan. Add the 4 qts of water and boil 30 minutes. The smell will be very strong, but don't worry the finished wine will be fine.

Step 2

Pour through a strainer, then pour through double thickness of cheese cloth, into a large glass, stone, or plastic container. You can buy the proper container from beer making outlets, or even online.
Step 3

I recommend a plastic wine making jug because they come with a air release valve.
Step 4

When cool, add yeast that's been disolved in the tepid water.
Step 5

Add raisins, sugar lemon and orange. Cut the lemons and oranges into small pieces, and leave the skins on.
Step 6

Let ferment for 2 weeks, stir every day. Just leave out on the counter top, don't refrigerate. I just swirled the jug around because couldn't get a spoon in there.
Step 7

Strain and let settle for a day.
Step 8

Strain through several thicknesses of cheese cloth until clear.
Step 9

Bottle, seal and refrigerate. This will get better as it sits, and will still have some sediment in it. I always waited for at least 1 week before drinking.
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