Choke Cherry Wine 2
Ingredients
Here is another Choke Cherry wine recipe submitted by one of our users.
Submitted By: Diane Kunzelman (Manitoba Canada)
- 1 1/2 qts choke cherries ( 16 oz = 1lb)
- 1 gal boiling water
- 4 lbs white sugar ( 8 cups)
- 3 lemons, sliced
- 2 oranges, sliced
- 1 envelope bread yeast
Let choke cherries and boiling water stand for 3 days. Strain and add sugar, lemons,oranges and yeast. ( Heat some juice and dissolve sugar, this makes mixture lukewarm.) Let stand 2 weeks. Siphon into bottles, put caps on but do not screw on tightly. This takes about a month.
I have used apricots, nectarines and peaches instead of choke cherries and cut down on the sugar to about 2 pounds. This is pretty close to sherry.
