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Strawberry Wine

A fermented beverage made from fresh strawberries, sugar, and water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Strawberry Wine

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the juice

  1. Mash the strawberries in a large vessel to extract all the juice.

  2. Add the sugar and water to the juice and mix well.

  3. Strain the mixture thoroughly.

Ferment and bottle

  1. Transfer to a demijohn and cover the mouth with a piece of netting to allow fermentation.

  2. After fermentation, strain again and bottle tightly for use.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Strawberries
Supply the juice and fruity flavour that the wine is built on.
White sugar
Feeds the yeast during fermentation, producing alcohol and sweetness.

The step that matters

Covering the demijohn with netting during fermentation. Fermentation gives off carbon dioxide, so the mouth must stay open to gas while keeping insects and debris out. A sealed vessel can build pressure and burst, while an open one invites spoilage.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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