Grape Wine
Ingredients for Grape Wine recipe
4 Kgs Dark Black Grapes
4 Bottles or 4 litres Water (Boiled & Cooled)
4 Kgs Sugar; 2 Eggs – Whites only
2 Ounces of liquid Yeast or 2 tbspns. of Dry Yeast granuals
A handful of whole wheat
Sugar for colouring – ½ – ¾ cup.
Preparation of Grape Wine recipe
Clean & wash grapes well removing stalks, crush nicely with hand until you get a good purple colour.
Place the crushed grapes in a ceramic jar with half the quantity of sugar (i.e. 2 kgs Sugar), add water, egg whites, yeast & wheat – mix well & keep airtight for 21 days – stirring well every alternative day. After 21 days strain away the grape pulp mixture, add the balance sugar to the wine – mix well & keep airtight for another 21 days to ferment. Now filter the wine (you could use a muslin cloth & strain the wine) – keep aside. Take a wok add the sugar kept for colouring (1/2 –3/4 Cup) – place on fire & go on stirring till the sugar melts & becomes dark brown/black in colour – but do not allow it to burn – now add about 5-7 tbsps. Of hot water to this syrup little @ a time & mix well, add this syrup to the wine & mix well – store the wine in a clean jar & use.
