We lifted the last of the beetroot this week and decided to try making some beeetroot wine....at which the french were horrified. "What....you are making wine with vegetables" followed by a puzzled "Why"....and mutterings of strange English ways!!!
The result is quite interesting..a very luminous pink colour which I believes develops darker the longer you leave it....it is more of an aperitif/dessert wine than a quoffing wine but really nice for a change and another good way to use the beeetroot. I think it would make very good Christmas and birthday gifts.
BEETROOT WINE RECIPE
You will need a container that is sterilized that the wine can ferment in. A bucket with a lid or a demijohn. As long as it is not full it can ferment quite happily.
1kg beetroot
1kg sugar
1tsp dried yeast
2 small lemon or limes
Method
Wash, peel and grate the beetroot.
Cook beetroot and when cool strain into your container
Dissolve yeast in half a cup of warm water wisth half a teaspoon of sugar.
Add the yeast mixture to the cooled beetroot juice along with the juice of the lemons/limes
Store in a cool dark place for 5 days....open and stir well.
Leave for another 5 days then you can strain and bottle it.
Enjoy xxx
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