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Citrus Aperitif

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INGREDIENTS:

  • 2 grapefruit
  • 4 oranges
  • 2 lemons
  • 1 vitamin b1 tablet
  • 1.36k sugar
  • pectic enzyme
  • pinch tannin
  • general purpose yeast
  • yeast nutrient
  • water to 4.5 litres

STEP BY STEP:

  1. Wash the fruit carefully. Peel the skins very thinly using a razor blade.
  2. Put these very thin outer skin peelings into a basin and pour on 1 litre of hot (recently boiled) water. Leave for three days.
  3. Squeeze the juice and flesh from the fruit and put into a second basin.
  4. Strain both liquids onto 1.13 k sugar in a bucket and pour on 3 litres of hot (boiled) water.
  5. Stir to dissolve the sugar. When cool add the rest of the ingredients and add yeast.
  6. Cover and leave for three days then stir in a further 230gm of sugar as a syrup and transfer to a 1 gallon fermenting jar.
  7. Fit airlock and ferment to dryness, racking and maturing in the usual manner.



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