R.a.isin Wine Without Cider
United Kingdom
Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 6 ingredients
Possible health benefits
General information, not medical advice.
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Raisin
High in potassium · 825 mg per 100 g, 41% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Potassium contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
- Potassium contributes to normal muscle function.
- Potassium contributes to the maintenance of normal blood pressure.
Potassium is a mineral found in many foods. Your body needs potassium for almost everything it does, including proper kidney and heart function, muscle contraction, and nerve transmission. NIH fact sheet
High in copper · 0.3 mg per 100 g, 30% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Copper contributes to maintenance of normal connective tissues.
- Copper contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
- Copper contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
5 more authorised claims
- Copper contributes to normal hair pigmentation.
- Copper contributes to normal iron transport in the body.
- Copper contributes to normal skin pigmentation.
- Copper contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
- Copper contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
Copper is a mineral that you need to stay healthy. Your body uses copper to carry out many important functions, including making energy, connective tissues, and blood vessels. NIH fact sheet
Source of iron · 2.6 mg per 100 g, 19% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Iron contributes to normal cognitive function.
- Iron contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
- Iron contributes to normal formation of red blood cells and haemoglobin.
4 more authorised claims
- Iron contributes to normal oxygen transport in the body.
- Iron contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
- Iron contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
- Iron has a role in the process of cell division.
Iron is a mineral that the body needs for growth and development. Your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body, and myoglobin, a protein that provides oxygen to muscles. NIH fact sheet
Nutrients per 100 g of “Raisins, seeded”, 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).
Method
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- On four hundredweight ofMalagas pour one hogshead of spring water, stir w'ell daily for fourteen days, then squeeze the raisins in a horse-hair bag in a press, and tun the liquor;
- when it ceases to hiss, stop it close.
- In six months rack it off" into another cask, or into a barrel, with toast and yest to work, which there is more difficulty to make it do than most other liquors.
- When it ceases to hiss, put a quart of brandy to eight gallons, and stop up.
- Bottle in the spring or at Christmas.
- The liquor must be in a w'arm place to make it work.
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- To each gallon of juice put t-wo of water and three pounds and a half of moist sugar.
- When it has been m the cask about a fortnight, put a bottle of brandy to every four gallons of wine, and, when it has quite done hissing, bung it down close.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Wooden spoon