Pink Dandelion Wine Recipes

PINK DANDELION WINE

Steps:

• Take the blossoms, remove stem and leaves, and boil in water.
• Remove from heat and let stand overnight, then strain.
• Then add lemon, raspberries, cinnamon and sugar (so its overly sweet to the taste).
• Warm mixture over low flame until the sugar is dissolved (honey many be substituted in equal proportions).
• Next, when the mixture is lukewarm, add active yeast which as been suspended in warm water.
• Cover the pan with a towel and let it set for three days undisturbed.
• As you check it, visualize the energy in your wine increasing even as the bubbles are forming (a sign of fermentation starting).
• Finally, strain the mixture again and bottle in loosely corked bottles.
• Once the corks no longer pop out, tasted to see if the wine needs any additional sugar.
• If so, return it to the stove and sweeten to taste, but bring it to a boil so as to kill the yeast.
• Cork tightly and let age for one year in a cool, dark area for best results.
• Enjoy this liquid of the Earth and Sky or if you wish, you can use this as a offering for spells or spirits of your garden!

MAKE YOUR OWN DANDELION WINE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Snip off most of the calyxes (green parts) from the base of flowers and all of the stems. It's OK if a little of the green goes in, but too much will result in a bitter wine.
• Compost or discard the calyxes and stems. Put trimmed petals in a nonreactive vessel (no aluminum, copper, or iron).
• Bring water to a boil and pour over flower petals. Let mixture sit for 2 hours.
• Place a colander lined with cheesecloth or butter muslin over a large, nonreactive pot and strain dandelions, pressing gently on the flowers to extract as much of the liquid as possible. Compost or discard dandelion petals.
• Place pot over high heat and bring strained dandelion infusion to a boil.
• Stir in citrus juices and sugar, mixing to dissolve sugar.
• Add lemon and orange zest and chopped raisins. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
• When mixture has cooled to room temperature, stir in yeast nutrient or cornmeal and wine or baking yeast.
• Cover and leave at room temperature for 10 to 14 days, stirring 3 times each day.
• Strain into a sanitized 1-gallon jug and seal with either a fermentation lock (available from online homebrewing and winemaking supplies) or a balloon with a single pinprick in it. The pinprick allows gasses to escape during active fermentation, but the balloon still keeps detrimental bacteria out.
• After 3 weeks, siphon or carefully pour the liquid into another sanitized jug, leaving behind any yeasty sediment.
• If there is more than 2 inches between the top of the wine and the rim of the bottle, top off with a simple syrup of equal parts sugar and water.
• When wine is clear, rather than cloudy, wait 30 more days and then siphon or carefully pour it into another jug, leaving behind any yeasty sediment on the bottom.
• Refit with an airlock or pricked balloon.
• Repeat this procedure every 3 months for 9 total months until almost no sediment is forming on the bottom of the jug anymore.
• Funnel into sanitized bottles and cork bottles.
• Age for another year before drinking.

DANDELION WINE

Steps:

• 1. Place dandelion flowers in a large heatproof container. Pour boiling water over top. Cover and let steep for at least 4 hours and up to 24 hours. When making dandelion wine, cleanliness is key. Make sure your kitchen counters, hands, and all utensils are sterile.
• 2. Pour the resulting tea through a fine-mesh strainer into a large pot or saucepan, pressing the petals to extract as much flavor as possible. Discard blossoms and bring tea to a boil.
• 3. Place sugar in a heatproof 1-gallon jar. Pour boiling dandelion tea into jar and stir to dissolve. Add lemon and orange slices. Cover jar and let liquid stand for 2 weeks at room temperature, shaking every couple days.
• 4. Pour dandelion wine through a fine-mesh strainer lined with a coffee filter into a clean container. Serve or cover and store refrigerated for up to 3 weeks.

DANDELION WINE

Steps:

• Place dandelion blossoms in the boiling water, and allow to stand for 4 minutes. Remove and discard the blossoms, and let the water cool to 90 degrees F (32 degrees C).
• Stir in the yeast, sugar, orange slices, and lemon slice; pour into a plastic fermentor, and attach a fermentation lock. Let the wine ferment in a cool area until the bubbles stop, 10 to 14 days. Siphon the wine off of the lees, and strain through cheesecloth before bottling in quart-sized, sterilized canning jars with lids and rings. Age the wine at least a week for best flavor.

DANDELION WINE

Steps:

• 1. Measure generous quarts of washed blossoms into a large saucepan. Add the 4 qts of water and boil 30 minutes. The smell will be very strong, but don't worry the finished wine will be fine.
• 2. Pour through a strainer, then pour through double thickness of cheese cloth, into a large glass, stone, or plastic container. You can buy the proper container from beer making outlets, or even online.
• 3. I recommend a plastic wine making jug because they come with a air release valve.
• 4. When cool, add yeast that's been disolved in the tepid water.
• 5. Add raisins, sugar lemon and orange. Cut the lemons and oranges into small pieces, and leave the skins on.
• 6. Let ferment for 2 weeks, stir every day. Just leave out on the counter top, don't refrigerate. I just swirled the jug around because couldn't get a spoon in there.
• 7. Strain and let settle for a day.
• 8. Strain through several thicknesses of cheese cloth until clear.
• 9. Bottle, seal and refrigerate. This will get better as it sits, and will still have some sediment in it. I always waited for at least 1 week before drinking.