Coltsfoot Wine (vegan)

Ingredients

• 5 litres water

• 1 lemon

• 3 oranges

• 5 tbsp yeast

• 5 tbsp yeast nutrient 

• 6 cups coltfoot flower heads

• 5 ½ cups sugar, more for sweet wine or less for dry wine

Prepare the Wine

1. Bring water to a rolling boil and pour in sugar. Add in orange peels and lemon peel. Continue to boil and stir regularly for 10 minutes, or until sugar is fully dissolved.

2. Add in coltsfoot heads and let cool. Stir in freshly squeezed orange juice and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Add yeast and yeast nutrient and stir.

3. Cover and place mixture in warm place and let sit for one week, stirring daily.

4. Using cheesecloth, strain liquid. Repeat until mixture is free from coltsfoot and peels.

5. Pour liquid into wine bottles and loosely cork. Check regularly to make sure corks haven’t popped out during fermentation process.

6. Push cork in bottles increasingly tighter as fermentation process continues.

7. Allow wine to sit for at least 6 months. Serves as a great dessert wine… Cheers!