dandelion wine
(2 RATINGS)
Another recipe from the gramma recipe bag. This one came may have come from my Great Grandmother. I know of ONE batch my grandparents made, my parents had one bottle from that batch, in the fridge, that was never opened, for as long as I can remember. It was lost in 1980, when we moved. I always wondered what the wine tasted like. My dad never said if it were good or not. If anyone is brave enough to make this, I appreciate a heads up on the taste. If I feel adventurous, I may make a batch myself.
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Ingredients
- 1 gallon dandilion blossoms
- 1 gallon boiling water
- 3 - lemons, zest and juiced
- 3 - oranges, zest and juiced
- 4 pounds white sugar, granulated i think
- 1 - yeast cake or i pkg dry yeast
How To Make dandelion wine
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Step 1Put dandelion's in a large kettle with gallon of boiling water. Let stand, covered for 3 days.
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Step 2Grate all the zest from the lemons and oranges, add to the kettle, bring to boil, boil for 15 minutes. Strain the zest from liquid.
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Step 3When the liquid is luke warm, add the juice from the lemons and oranges, sugar and yeast cake. NOTE: Yeast cakes are fresher than packaged and is moist, dissolving better in the liquid. Stir to dissolve sugar. Cover.
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Step 4Stand liquid in a warm place for one week. After the week, strain liquid, cover and let stand for 3 more weeks. After three weeks it is ready to bottle. NOTE: This recipe is from the late 1800's, early 1900's. They didn't have the fermenting plugs and cool gadgets available today.
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