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Communion Wine

A wine made by dissolving grape jelly in boiling water, then straining.

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine grape jelly and boiling water in a large container and stir well until the jelly is fully dissolved.

  2. Let the mixture stand overnight.

  3. Strain the mixture to remove any solids before use.

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

Grape jelly
Provides the sugar, grape flavor and color that make up the drink.
Boiling water
Dissolves the jelly so it blends evenly into a liquid.

“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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