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Damson Wine

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United Kingdom

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

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. Grape
  2. Lump of sugar
  3. Sugar
  4. a gallon of water

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Grape High in riboflavin · High in manganese

    High in riboflavin · 1.5 mg per 100 g, 107% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Riboflavin contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Riboflavin contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal mucous membranes.
    6 more authorised claims
    • Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal red blood cells.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal skin.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal vision.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the normal metabolism of iron.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Riboflavin contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.

    Riboflavin (also called vitamin B2) is important for the growth, development, and function of the cells in your body. It also helps turn the food you eat into the energy you need. NIH fact sheet

    High in manganese · 2.0 mg per 100 g, 99% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Manganese contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    • Manganese contributes to the normal formation of connective tissue.
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    • Manganese contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Manganese is a mineral that your body needs to stay healthy. Your body uses manganese to make energy and protect your cells from damage. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Grapes, muscadine, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Gather your damsons when dry, weigh them, and then bruise them.
  2. Put them into a stein that has a cock in it, and to every eight pounds of fruit put a gallon of water.
  3. Boil, and skim it, and pour it scalding hot on the fruit.
  4. When it has stood two days, draw it off, and put it in a cask, and to each gallon of liquor put two pounds and a half of fine sugar.
  5. Fill up the vessel, and stop it close, and the longer it stands the better.
  6. When you draw it off, put a lump of sugar into each bottle.
  7. Grape ditto.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Slotted spoon