Gooseberry Wine
Ingredients
Directions
Make the must
Boil 3 gallons of clear water for half an hour.
Pour the hot water over the mashed gooseberries.
Stir the mixture well and cover it tightly.
Let it sit for 40 hours, stirring twice or thrice a day.
Extract the juice
After 40 hours, press out the juice through a large sieve or cheesecloth.
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 main fruit flavour, acidity and juice for the wine.
- Sugar
- Provides sweetness and the sugar that yeast later turns into alcohol.
The step that matters
Covering and stirring the steeping mixture. Covering keeps the mixture clean while it steeps, and regular stirring helps the hot water draw flavour and juice out of the mashed fruit evenly.
“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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