Orange Wine

Serves: 5

Santiago Howell

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

44

Sweetness

52

Sourness

40

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Sugar

1 cup

Cognac

Directions:

1

In a large bowl, combine the oranges and the wine and chill the mixture, covered tightly with plastic wrap, for 5 days

2

Discard the oranges, add the sugar and the Cognac, and stir the mixture until the sugar is dissolved

3

Strain the mixture through a sieve lined with a double thickness of rinsed and squeezed cheesecloth into a bowl and pour the wine into decorative bottles with corks

4

Insert a strip of the orange zest into each bottle and chill the wine, corked, for one week

5

The wine keeps, chilled for 3 months

6

In a large bowl, combine the oranges and the wine and chill the mixture, covered tightly with plastic wrap, for 5 days

7

Discard the oranges, add the sugar and the Cognac, and stir the mixture until the sugar is dissolved

8

Strain the mixture through a sieve lined with a double thickness of rinsed and squeezed cheesecloth into a bowl and pour the wine into decorative bottles with corks

9

Insert a strip of the orange zest into each bottle and chill the wine, corked, for one week

10

The wine keeps, chilled for 3 months