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Elderberry Wine

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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. three pounds of sugar
  2. four quarts of juice
  3. one ounce of powdered cinnamon
  4. Eight quarts of berries
  5. one-half ounce of powdered cloves
  6. four quarts of boiling water poured over

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. Eight quarts of berries, four quarts of boiling water poured over the berries;
  2. let them stand twelve hours, stirring now and then;
  3. strain;
  4. add three pounds of sugar to four quarts of juice, one ounce of powdered cinnamon, one-half ounce of powdered cloves.
  5. Boil five minutes;
  6. then set away to ferment in a stone jar with a cloth thrown lightly over it.
  7. When it is done fermenting pour it off carefully, bottle and cork tightly.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve