Dandelion Wine

Ingredients

• three quarts dandelion flowers
• four gallons boiling water
• three pounds sugar
• one orange
• one lemon

Method

1. 1

   Press them hard into the measure so as to give the wine a wholesome bitter; pour over the flowers four gallons boiling water, and let stand overnight.

2. 2

   Next day boil fifteen to twenty minutes; add three pounds sugar one orange and one lemon, sliced; then boil few minutes longer, take from the fire and when lukewarm, strain and add yeast which has been prepared; when quite thoroughly worked, bottle and keep in a cool place.

3. 3

   Gather the flowers when they are in blossom.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Toronto Cook Book (1915) by Powell, E. J. Mrs.,d.b. 1853, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Dandelion Wine Take three quarts dandelion flowers; press them hard into the measure so as to give the wine a wholesome bitter; pour over the flowers four gallons boiling water, and let stand over night. Next day boil fifteen to twenty minutes; add three pounds sugar one orange and one lemon

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