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Cherry Wine

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. two pounds of sugar

Method

  1. Pull off the stalks, and mash the cherries without breaking the stones.
  2. Then pass them through a hair sieve, and to every gallon of liquor add two pounds of sugar.
  3. Next tun it into a clean cask till it is full, after which, let it ferment as long as it makes a noise, and then bung it up for a month or longer.
  4. When fine, bottle it off, putting a lump of loaf sugar into each.
  5. Should the fermentation continue, let the bottles stand uncorked for some time.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Sieve