White Heart Cherry Wine

Ingredients

• 7 lb. of white heart cherries
• 7 lb. of white currants
• 4 oz. of angelica
• three pints of water
• 3 lb. of honey
• 1½ lb. to 2 lb. of apples

Method

1. 1

   Bruise cherries and add angelica boiled in water, honey, and grated apples.

2. 2

   Pour on 4 gallons of cold water.

3. 3

   Let stand covered for ten days until scum forms.

4. 4

   When fermentation ceases, draw off without breaking the crust and put into a cask.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The "Queen" cookery books: Pickles and Preserves (1902) by S. Beaty-Pownall, page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

White Heart Cherry Wine. — Take 71b. of white heart cherries and 71b. of white currants, together with 4oz. of angelica, previously sliced and boiled in three pints of water, and add to this 31b. of honey

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