Natures Grocery Store - Dandelions

No problem what so ever.

Dandelion Wine

10 liter bucket or 10 quarts
5 liter water or 5 qt.
5 liter dandelion tops, absolutely no stem. I do leave on some of the green bottom, but try to pinch most of it away.
1 1/2 kilos of sugar or i think thats 3 lbs.
1 lemon zest and the juice. The zest can not have any of the white pith to it.
2 oranges zest and juice. Same as the lemon
9 grams of fresh yeast and one slice of toasted whole wheat bread.

Pick your dandelions and do as above, leaving only the petals and as little green as possiable. Boil your water, and put the blossoms in your bucket and pour the water over. Stir. Cover with a towel or a very loose lid. Stir 3 times a day for 3 days.

4th day strain your liquid to another bucket. Now take some of the liquid and boil with the lemon zest, juice and sugar. Add to the bucket and let cool almost completely. Then add the yeast spread on the toast and let it float in the liquid. Let this stand for 2-3 days depending on how hot is in your house. If its chilly let stand 3 days. After that, strain the liquid back to the first bucket, getting rid of the waste floating around. Let stand 1 more day, then strain again into your bottles and seal. Don't drink for at least 6 months but its better if let stand for a yr.

In place of the sugar i have used honey and combination of honey and sugar. It depends on your tastes... I like it all!

Also i don't think i need to remind you that all buckets need to be klorin clean or some kind of bleaching. Your bottles if using recycled bottles which i do, need also to be very clean. I use the corks to seal.

It sounds like alot of work but its not. Besides its so worth it. It has a taste of pure sunshine on a sunny summer day! And we can use all that we can get in the winters up here,,,,lol.

Enjoy!

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Dandelion greens are awesome cooked. But remember they should be the spring greens, after that they get bitter.

Droopy, with this recipe you can leave on the green bottoms, but i just use a knife and cut off most of it down to where i see the bottoms of the petals. Just can't have any stems or pieces of stems in it. But it is easy, and the wine is very good after a yr.

7 yrs,,hola... It better have been good after waiting that long,,,,lol.

but this is a very basic recipe, using the old time skills. You can use the new wine yeasts or champange yeasts. But i keep going back to this one, over and over.

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