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Raspberry Wine

A fermented beverage made from raspberries, water, and sugar.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the juice

  1. Measure the juice obtained.

  2. Take an equal quantity of water.

  3. Boil the water. Let it cool.

  4. Pour the cooled water over the strained fruit.

  5. Let it sit for six hours.

  6. Strain again.

Ferment

  1. Add slightly more than half a pound of sugar per quart of juice.

  2. Transfer the mixture to a clean earthen pot. Cover it tightly.

  3. Let it sit for a week.

Age and bottle

  1. Transfer the liquid to a clean cask. Seal it tightly.

  2. Let it sit for at least a month.

  3. 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

Raspberries
Provide the fruit juice that forms the base of the wine's flavor and body.
Sugar
Feeds the fermentation and adds sweetness to the finished wine.

“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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