Andrew Pern

Plum Wine

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Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      1 hr

Appears in
Loose Birds & Game
Loose Birds & Game

By Andrew Pern

Published 2010

  • About

AUGUST AND EARLY SEPTEMBER ARE THE BEST TIMES FOR MAKING PLUM WINE, BUT PLUMS FREEZE WELL IF THEY ARE HALVED AND STONED, AND THIS WAY, YOU CAN MAKE IT AT A LATER DATE WHEN YOU HAVE MORE TIME. THANKS TO MY DAD FOR THIS RECIPE.

Ingredients

  • 1.5 kg plums, halved and stoned
  • 1.5 kg sugar [reduce to 1 kg

Method

Place the plums in a bucket and pour over the boiling water. Cover and leave for 5 days, stirring the contents a couple of times each day. On the sixth day, strain the plums and pour the liquid back into the bucket. Stir in the sugar and stir until dissolved, then sprinkle in the yeast and cover the contents with a thick cloth. Stand the bucket in a warm place, for example a kitchen window for

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