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Damson Wine

Name: Damson Wine
Ingredients: four gallons of water; four pounds of Malaga raisins; half a peck of damsons; infused juice of damsons; sugar

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Ingredients

four gallons of water
four pounds of Malaga raisins
half a peck of damsons
infused juice of damsons
sugar

Directions

Take the water, and put to it the Malaga raisins and damsons

Put the whole into a vessel without cover, having only a linen cloth laid over it

Let them steep six days, stirring twice every day

Then let them stand six days without stirring

Draw the juice out of the vessel, and colour it with the infused juice of damsons

Sweeten it with sugar till it is like claret wine

Put it into a wine vessel for a fortnight

Then bottle it up; and it may be drunk in a month

All made wines are the better for brandy, and will not keep without it. The quantity must be regulated by the degree of strength you wish to give to your wine.

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book by Charlotte Campbell Bury (1844)

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