Florida Orange Wine

Ingredients

• for each gallon
• three pounds of granulated sugar
• a whole egg
• one-third of a gallon of cold water

Method

1. 1

   Wipe oranges, peel off yellow rind, squeeze and strain juice.

2. 2

   For each gallon, allow three pounds of sugar, the white and shell of one egg, and cold water.

3. 3

   Boil sugar, egg, and water until clear, strain, pour over orange rind, let stand overnight.

4. 4

   Add orange juice, let stand overnight again, strain, and put into a tight cask with yeast.

5. 5

   Leave bung out until fermentation ceases, then close and let stand for nine months before bottling.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 13 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 298. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FLORIDA ORANGE WINE. Wipe the oranges with a wet cloth, peel off the yellow rind very thin, squeeze the oranges, and strain the juice through a hair-sieve ; measure the juice after it is strained and for each gallon allow three pounds of granu- lated sugar, the white and shell of one egg and one-third of a gallon of cold water ; put the sugar, the white and shell of the egg (crushed small) and the water over the fire and stir them .every two minutes until the eggs begin to harden ; then boil the syrup until it looks clear under the froth of egg which will form on the surface ; strain the syrup, pour it upon the orange rind and let it stand over night; then next add the orange juice and again let it stand over night ; strain it the second day, and put it into a tight cask with a small cake of compressed yeast to about ten gallons of wine, and leave the bung out of the cask until the wine ceases to ferment ; the hissing noise continues as long as fermentation is in progress; when fermentation ceases, close the cask by driving in the bung, and let the wine stand about nine months before bottling it ; three months after it is bottled, it can be used. A glass of brandy added to each gallon of wine after fermentation ceases is generally considered an improvement. There are seasons of the year when Florida oranges by the box are very cheap, and this fine wine can be made at a small expense. METHELIN, OR HONEY WINE. This is a very ancient and popular drink in the north of Europe. To some new honey, strained, add spring water; put a whole egg

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