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Gooseberry Wine

A fermented beverage made from mashed gooseberries, rainwater, and brown sugar.

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

Gooseberry Wine

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Gather the ripe gooseberries and mash them well.

  2. Let the mashed berries stand for 3 to 4 days.

  3. Strain the mixture.

Make the wine

  1. Add 4 pints of rainwater to the 9 pints of juice.

  2. Stir in 4 pounds of brown sugar.

  3. Let the mixture stand for 5 to 6 weeks.

  4. Strain again and bottle the wine.

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.

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What each ingredient does

Gooseberries
Provide the juice and fruit flavour that forms the base of the wine.
Brown sugar
Feeds the yeast during fermentation and adds sweetness and body to the finished wine.
Rainwater
Dilutes the juice to a drinkable strength and balances its acidity.

“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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