Name: Vin D’oranges (Orange Wine)
Yield: Makes 6 cups
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 6 cups dry white wine; 1¾ cups cube sugar; 6 inch piece of fresh angelica stalk, cut into short lengths; 2 large oranges, washed and dried

Preparation info

Makes
6 cups

Difficulty
Easy

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Recipes from a French Herb Garden

By Geraldene Holt

Published 1999

About

I add a little fresh angelica to give extra interest to this Burgundian recipe for making an orange-flavored wine. The wine is sweet enough to accompany a plate of petits fours at the end of a meal or try serving it with ice and mineral water to make a refreshing spritzer.

Ingredients

2 large oranges, washed and dried
1¾ cups cube sugar
6 inch piece of

Method

Use a sharp knife to remove the thin outside zest of the oranges which contains the aromatic oils and flavor. Take care not to include any of the white pith layer under the skin of the orange. Put the orange zest in a bottle or jar with a screw-top. Add the sugar, angelica, and the wine. Seal the bottle and leave in a warm place in the kitchen for 14 days, making sure that once a day during thi

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