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Strain off the liquor and make up to 1 gallon with boiled water. For a dry wine add 2 and three quarter lbs. sugar, the juice of one lemon and a quarter lb. raisins.
When sufficiently cooled add the yeast and allow 5 days for the first fermentation. Remove the raisins after this period, fix the airlock and from then on treat as any other wine. By careful use of the hydrometer more sugar can be added at stages, but I do not recommend it as a sweet wine.
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Broad Bean Wine
Submitted by Chazza 11 August 2010
This is from 'First steps in Winemaking' by C. J. J. Berry (Editor, the Amateur Winemaker).
"…and you must try this most unusual and astonishing wine … produces a light, dry wine of superb quality, hard as that may be to believe!"
Ingredients
4lbs. broad beans (shelled),
I gallon water,
2 and three quarter lbs. sugar,
A quarter lb. raisins,
Yeast,
1 Lemon
Method
Use beans that are too old for normal culinary purposes. To 4lbs of shelled broad beans add I gallon of water and boil slowly for 1 hour. It is essential that the skins do not break or you will have difficulty in clearing the wine.Strain off the liquor and make up to 1 gallon with boiled water. For a dry wine add 2 and three quarter lbs. sugar, the juice of one lemon and a quarter lb. raisins.
When sufficiently cooled add the yeast and allow 5 days for the first fermentation. Remove the raisins after this period, fix the airlock and from then on treat as any other wine. By careful use of the hydrometer more sugar can be added at stages, but I do not recommend it as a sweet wine.
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Please note: this recipe has been submitted by a user of this website and is not one of Delia's. We cannot, therefore, take any responsibility if the recipe contains errors, does not work or is not as you expect it to be, although, as our users are keen cooks, we are confident it will be a great dish. Delia tests each of her recipes three times, which is why you can always be sure of success.
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