Orange and Lemon Wine

 

Ingredients

• One hundred oranges
• Ten gallons of water
• Twenty-five pounds of lump sugar
• A few tablespoons of yeast

Directions

1. Take the outer rind of one hundred oranges pared, so that no white appears.
2. Pour upon them ten gallons of boiling water.
   
3. Let it stand ten hours and keep slightly warm.
4. While still warm, add the juice of the oranges mixed with twenty-five pounds of lump sugar and a few tablespoons of good yeast.
5. Let it ferment five days, or until the fermentation has ceased, and the wine is clear; then bottle.
6. Lemon wine can be made in the same way.

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Katelyn Overstreet
Louisiana Anthology
September 27, 2022