Sparkling Elderflower Wine

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Ready In:
24hrs 10mins
Ingredients:
6
Yields:
1 batch
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ingredients

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directions

  • Rinse the elderberry flowers- they must be just in bloom.
  • Cut the lemon into thin slices and mix with the flowers and the remaining ingredients in a reasonably large container.
  • Stir.
  • Cover the container and leave in a warm place.
  • The juice can be drunk after 24 hours.
  • If necessary add lemon and honey to taste.
  • After 2-3 days the drink will begin to effervesce.
  • Then sieve, put into screwtop bottles and store in a dark room.
  • The juice will turn into sparkling wine in around 4 weeks.

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