Gooseberry Wine

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Farmhouse Kitchen

By Audrey Ellis

Published 1971

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Ingredients

  • 5 lb. hard green gooseberries
  • 1 gallon boiling water
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Method

Top and tail and wash gooseberries. Pour boiling water over them and when cool, crush the berries with your hands without breaking pips. Add Campden tablet and Pektolase, cover and soak for 2 days. Strain and press, stir in sugar, fermenting yeast and nutrient. Left to mature for a year this wine closely resembles a Hock. To make a sparkling wine: Same ingredients and method as above except tha