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Raisin Wine

A fermented beverage made by steeping raisins in water for 12 days and pressing the juice.

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

Raisin Wine

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine water and raisins in a tub.

  2. Let the mixture stand for 12 days, stirring frequently.

  3. Press the raisins to extract juice.

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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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Sun raisins
Provide sugar and flavor that ferment into the wine, and supply the juice when pressed.
Water
Dissolves the raisin sugars and forms the liquid base for fermentation.

The step that matters

Let the mixture stand for 12 days, stirring frequently. Standing with frequent stirring keeps the raisins submerged and evenly mixed so sugars and flavors dissolve and fermentation proceeds steadily. Stirring also helps release gases and prevents the cap of solids from drying out.

“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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