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Elderberry Wine

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Canada

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

Ingredients 7 ingredients

  1. Yeast
  2. one ounce whole ginger
  3. an ounce whole allspice
  4. Four quarts of elderberries
  5. three pounds of sugar
  6. four quarts of boiling water
  7. two ounces whole cinnamon

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. Four quarts of elderberries, four quarts of boiling water.
  2. Boil five minutes, strain, add three pounds of sugar, one ounce whole ginger, half an ounce whole allspice, two ounces whole cinnamon.
  3. Boil put into a jar to ferment, put in a piece of toast dipped in yeast, let it work till it stops, strain and bottle.
  4. Excellent mulled for colds.
  5. Nawab

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Sieve