Monday, June 30, 2008

Strawberry Recipes

Strawberry Lime Wine
9 lbs strawberries
2 limes
8 lbs sugar
5 t. lemon juice
5 bags tea, steeped in 1 c. water and strained
3-5 gal. water
5 T. wine yeast
5 t. nutrient

Grind berries and limes, add sugar and let stand 24-36 hrs. Strain then add rest of ingredients. Run water through pulp and add to above. Add enough water to fill a 5 gal. container. Cover loosely protecting from bugs and stir daily for 1 week. skim off any foam or solids daily before stirring. Let stand another 2-4 weeks, then siphon and strain into a clean container. When siphoning, do not siphon sludge from bottom of container, let stand again and repeat siphoning 2-4 times until wine is clear. bottle and let stand for at least 3 months for best flavor.

Easy Strawberry Wine
3 lbs strawberries
2.5 lbs. sugar
2 t. lemon juice
1 gal. water
1 t. wine yeast

Place all ingredients except wine yeast in crock. Mash fruits with hands or wooden spoon and cover with 5 pints boiling water. Stir to dissolve sugar and mash berries. When cooled to 85 add wine yeast. Cover the crock and stir daily. Strain on the 7th day, transfer to a secondary container, top up to one gallon, fit fermentation trap, set aside. rock after 30 days and again after another 30 days. Bottle when clear. Allow to age ast least 3 months, better at 6-12 months. these came from strawberry-recipes.com.

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