Dandelion Wine-1

* Exported from MasterCook II *

Dandelion Wine-1

Recipe By : Homebrewers
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Alcoholic Beverages

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3 Litres Dandelions
1 1/2 Lb Sugar
2 Lemons
1 Orange
500 Grams Raisins -- <<OR>>
280 Mls Raisin Concentrate
1 Teaspoon Grape Tanin
1 Gallon Water
Yeast and nutrient


The flowers must be freshly gathered first, picked off their stalks, and
put into a polythene bucket. You do not need to pull off the petals, you
must use the whole head. Bring the water to the boil, pour over the
dandelions and leave for two days, stirring each day. Keep the bucket
closely covered. On the third day, turn all into a boiler, add the sugar
and the rinds only of the lemons and orange. Boil for one hour. Return
to the bucket, and add the juice and pulp of the lemons and orange.
Allow to stand until cool, then add the wine yeast and the tanin, and
the yeast nutrient. Let it remain closely covered for three days in a
warm place, then strain into fermenting bottles and add the concentrate.
Fit the air locks. Leave until fermentation ceases and rack and top up
when clear. This wine, is best left for 6 months or even longer.

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NOTES : This is a fuller bodied wine, and a little more complicated.