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Dandelion wine has been around for about as long as there have been dandelions and wine making - so it's no surprise there are about a gazillion ways to create it. However, most recipes use very large quantities and call for removing the petals from the dandelion flowers. This recipe is different. Not only is the quantity small (about enough to fill a gallon jug), but it saves a ton of time because you don't need to remove the petals from the flowers. The process is also about as simple as you can get, making it a great choice for beginning wine makers. A Few Notes on Making Easy Dandelion Wine: * Be sure to collect dandelions you are 100% sure have not been exposed to chemicals (like weed killers). * Collect only dandelion flowers. It's fine to keep the green leaves (sepals) at the base of the petals, but don't include any stems. * Choose only fully opened, fresh flowers. Avoid partially-opened blooms or blooms that are wilted or are turning brown. * It's fine to freeze dandelion flowers until you have enough to make wine. However, measure the flowers before you freeze them, not after. * Use wine or champagne yeast or your wine will end up way, way too sweet. Regular baking yeast dies before it can fully eat up the sugar in this recipe. Wine or champagne yeast lives longer, and eats up more of the sugar. * You'll need something to help you cap or cork your bottles. The easiest and cheapest is a bottle caper and caps, like this one. Dandelion Wine Recipe 8 cups dandelion flowers 1 gallon boiling water 9 cups granulated sugar (you can experiment by using less) juice from 4 oranges juice from 3 lemons 2 1/4 teaspoons (1 packet) wine or champagne yeast 1/2 cup lukewarm water Large, non-reactive pot with lid Mixing spoon Colander Small bowl Funnel (I used a new, never used car oil funnel) 1 gallon glass jug Balloon Fine mesh strainer Wine or beer bottles with new corks or caps How to Make Dandelion Wine, the Easy Way: 1. Pour the dandelion heads into a large, non-reactive pot. Pour 1 gallon of boiling water over the flowers. Cover with the pot lid and steep for two days. After two days, it will look like this: 2. Place a colander over a large bowl and strain the flower mixture. Reserve the liquid, but discard the dandelion flowers. 3. Clean the pot so no trace of dandelions remains. Pour the liquid into the pot. Stir in the sugar and citrus juice. 4. In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast into the lukewarm water, stirring a couple of times to combine. 5. Pour the yeast mixture into the dandelion mixture and stir until sugar is completely dissolved. 6. Place the funnel in the jug and pour the liquid into it. Cover the opening of the jug with a balloon, to prevent bugs, dust, etc. from getting into the wine. Store in a dark location until the mixture stops fermenting. 7. Keep an eye on the balloon for a few days. If it grows quite large, lift up part of the balloon end, releasing the gas. After about 5 weeks, the balloon will probably be only slightly inflated. Release the gas from it periodically; when the balloon stays deflated for one or two days, the wine is done fermenting and is ready to bottle. (Don't bottle before this time, or you risk having your bottles of wine explode!) 8. Strain through cheesecloth until you are satisfied with the clarity of the wine. Funnel into bottles and cork or cap. For best flavor, allow the wine to sit in a dark, cool location for at least 6 months. As the wine ages, it will become lighter in color. I can't show you my dandelion wine all bottled up yet, because it is at the final stages of fermenting. But once it's bottled and aged, it should look something like this: You May Also Be Interested In: For more information about harvesting and using dandelions, see these posts: "Ah Sweet...Dandelions?" (including a recipe for cooking dandelion leaves) How to Make Dandelion Tea (from the roots of the plant) Making Dandelion Jelly Teaching Children to Forage (with dandelion cookie recipe) Eating Dandelion Flowers How to Preserve Dandelion Greens Dandelion Flower Fritters Dandelion Leaf Noodles Dandelion Medicine Dandelion Leaf Green Smoothie Dandelion Root Medicine: Where to Find It, How & Why to Use It Cautions: According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, very rarely, people have reactions to dandelion. If you're allergic to "ragweed, chrysanthemums, marigold, chamomile, yarrow, daisies, or iodine, you should avoid dandelion. In some people, dandelion can cause increased stomach acid and heartburn. It may also irritate the skin. People with kidney problems, gallbladder problems, or gallstones should consult their doctors before eating dandelion." Dandelion is a diuretic, which means it may also make other medications less effective. To learn more about this, visit the University of Maryland Medical Center website.
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Evidence of Spring Claire mentioned the possibility of doing a single batch of orange for 2014. This, of course, is sacrilege and I have done my usual double. I acknowledge that I am running out of both wine bottles and anywhere to put them, but this year could prove to be a poor one for fruit. And orange wine is such a standard that it would be a shame not to have one bottle for every month. Irritatingly, Noshis was selling their oranges at six for a pound when I bought them, rather than the eight for a pound they have been in the surrounding weeks. This means I have spent one whole pound more on my ingredients than I had planned. How can I justify this extravagance? They are good quality oranges, though, unlike the small and manky ones I used last year. I started making the wine on Sunday 2nd March. A double batch of orange wine requires 24 oranges. My first job was to peel half the oranges very thinly, trying to avoid any pith. This is a tedious and time-consuming job, and these oranges seemed particularly resistant to a thin peeling. I had a Radio 4 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice to help, but I gave up after 10 oranges. I poured 2½ pints of boiling water over the peel and covered this with a lid, letting it sit for 24 hours or so. I squeezed all the oranges, which resulted in 3¾ pints of juice and bits. This went into my bucket and I boiled 9 pints of water and put that in, along with 5½ lbs sugar. This is the first time I have added boiling water rather than cold. Fermenting orange liquid I added the yeast and teaspoons of nutrient and pectolase on Monday morning and put in the water that had covered the peel on Monday evening. My plan was to put it all into the demijohns on Thursday evening, but I spent most of Thrusday night being the dressmaker's mannequin for Claire's latest knitting project and went straight to bed afterwards. So I sieved out the orange detritus on Friday early evening instead before Book Group. The amount of water I used was nearly exact, and the colour is a bright, pleasing yellow. A bright, pleasing yellow If you want to see how this wine turned out, click here
Zelf wijn maken. Het maken van wijn is een eeuwenoude traditie. Hoewel je allerlei soorten fruit kunt gebruiken om wijn te maken, zijn druiven de meest populaire keuze. Nadat je de ingrediënten samengevoegd hebt, laat je de wijn gisten en...
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Don't waste the weed. If you have a lot of Dandelions then learn how to make dandelion wine with these 2 easy-to-follow recipes.
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Honestly, I'm not sure where this came from originally... I found it long, long ago and kept it in my personal files. It just so happens today is my daughter's birthday and we have cupcakes. And wine. And when I saw this old image in my personal saved files I just chuckled and thought; Yeah, that's fitting! For the record - we have a chardonnay and a rose' wine and the cupcakes are vanilla. Apparently we've paired the wrong wines with the wrong cupcakes. ;)
You can make alcoholic ginger beer with everyday kitchen staples. Cheers to you!
