Dandelion Wine a Recipe to Make on St Georges Day 23rd April
I have found this recipe in the Complete Farmhouse and Kitchen book ISBN 0-00-411256-3. I intend to have a go at it and am posting it now so that you can get the practicalities and the pre-planning in hand in order to make this country wine. And being as it says that St George's Day is the traditional day for making this particular wine I thought it might be a nice project to actually make on St Georges Day. One to diary note! The wine is described as an inxepensive easily made wine with an attractive yellow colour, nice bouquet and a pleasant flavour. It is classed as a medium sweet wine. If ye gather your Dandelions or pis en lit on St Georges Day and make the wine it should supposedly be ready for Christmas, so it may be worth making a demi john or two. Ingredients; 2.25 litres/4 pints of dandelion flowers 4.5 litres/1 gallon of boiling water 1 Orange 1 Lemon 125g/4oz of dates 1.3kg/3lb sugar 1 heaped teaspoon of yeast nutrient Yeast says Sauturnes yeast but I think any of t...