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Mountain Wine

A fermented wine made from Malaga raisins steeped in water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Mountain Wine

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the raisins

  1. Press and chop the raisins finely.

  2. Combine the chopped raisins and water in a large container.

  3. Let the mixture steep for three weeks, stirring occasionally.

Ferment and mature

  1. Squeeze out the liquid and transfer it to a suitable vessel.

  2. Leave the vessel open until bubbling stops, then seal it tightly.

  3. Allow the wine to mature for six months before using.

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

Malaga raisins
Provide the sugar and natural yeast that feed fermentation to make the wine.
Water
Dilutes the raisin sugars and carries flavour, making the mixture easier to steep and ferment.

“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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