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Flower Wines
Preparation info
- Difficulty
Medium
Appears in
By Audrey Ellis
Published 1971
All flower wines are made in much the same way, so that the following recipe will make a gallon of wine and flowers added will give it its bouquet and flavour. On the whole, because flower wines are so sweet smelling, they are better if slightly sweet.
Ingredients
You will need
- flowers
1 gallon - rind and juice of
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Method
Gather the flowers on a warm sunny day, when the petals are open. Remove petals from the green sepals, because the sepals can give an unpleasant flavour to the wine. Pour boiling water on the flowers and add the fruit rinds. Steep this mash for 4 days in a closely covered vessel, pressing down and crushing it twice daily. Strain and press out all the liquid. Stir in chopped raisins, sugar, frui