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Homemade Raisin Wine Recipe


Homemade Raisin Wine Recipe
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Here's a very simple recipe for an old-fashioned wine made out of raisins. Raisin wine makes a nice gift and a sweet after-dinner drink. There are three variations below for your review. The better the raisin, the better the wine!

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Ingredients
  • 2 pounds raisins
  • 1 pound sugar
  • 1 lemon
  • 6 quarts boiling water

Directions
  1. Place the raisins, sugar, and the lemon in a large stone or ceramic jar.
  2. Add 6 quarts of boiling water and stir every day for a week, covering with a towel.
  3. Then strain and bottle. Let sit for another 10 to 12 days.
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  5. Method 2
  6. To two pounds of raisins (cut in half if desired), add three quarts of cold water.
  7. Either place the mixture on a corner of the range and let it simmer for two or three days or boil it until one-third of the water has evaporated.
  8. A few tablespoons of sugar and a handful of stick cinnamon can be added if additional sweetness and flavoring are wished.
  9. When cold strain through a fine cloth.
  10. The strength of the wine depends largely upon the quality of the raisins.
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  12. Method 3
  13. Seed and chop 1 lb. raisins, put into a stone jar with 1/2 lb. sugar andhalf a sliced lemon.
  14. Pour over 2 quarts boiling water and stir till sugar
  15. has dissolved.
  16. Cover with muslin and stir every day for a week.
  17. Then strain and bottle.
  18. Ready for use in 10 or 12 days.
  19. (The 2nd and 3rd Recipe are from Joan Nathan)

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I like it that you don't have to wait for months before tasting the final product! Sounds pretty easy, too!


This makes me think of Prohibition in America when people made wine and bathtub gin at home.


Great post..five forks


Does this become alcoholic?


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