Damson Wine

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (11)
  1. Put four gallons of water into a vessel.
  2. Add to every gallon of water four pounds of Malaga raisins and half a peck of damsons.
  3. Cover the vessel with a linen cloth.
  4. Let the mixture steep for six days, stirring twice every day.
  5. Let it stand for six days without stirring.
  6. Draw the juice out of the vessel.
  7. Color the juice with the infused juice of damsons, sweetened with sugar until it resembles claret wine.
  8. Put the mixture into a wine vessel for a fortnight.
  9. Bottle the wine.
  10. The wine may be drunk in a month.
  11. Add brandy to made wines for preservation and strength; the quantity depends on the desired level of strength.
Original Text
Damson Wine. Take four gallons of water, and put to every gallon four pounds of Malaga raisins and half a peck of damsons. Put the whole into a vessel without cover, having only a linen cloth laid over it. Let them steep six days, stirring twice every day; then let them stand six days without stirring. Draw the juice out of the vessel, and colour it with the infused juice of damsons, sweetened with sugar till it is like claret wine. Put it into a wine vessel for a fortnight; then bottle it up; and it may be drunk in a month. All made wines are the better for brandy, and will not keep without it. The quantity must be regulated by the degree of strength you wish to give to your wine.
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