Blackberry Wine
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the juice
Cover the blackberries with boiling water and let stand for 24 hours.
Mash the mixture and strain it well.
For every gallon of juice, add 3 pounds of sugar.
Ferment and bottle
Let it ferment, skimming daily for 10 days.
Strain the mixture again and transfer it to jugs.
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
- Blackberries
- Provide the fruit juice that becomes the wine's flavor and color.
- Sugar
- Feeds the yeast during fermentation, producing alcohol and balancing the wine's tartness.
The step that matters
Skimming daily during fermentation. Fermentation brings foam and bits of pulp to the surface. Skimming them off daily keeps the wine clean and reduces the chance of spoilage organisms taking hold.
“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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