Recipe: (per demijohn)
- 4 1/2 lb pears
- 2 lb Sugar
- Water
- 1 l white grape juice
- 1 tsp Yeast
- 1 tsp Yeast nutrient
- 1 tsp Citric acid
Method: (per demi john)
- Chop the pairs
- Add to very large sauce pan
- Pour over boiling water cover if possible mine were slightly above
- Simmer until softened
- Using a masher crush them a little just a couple of presses do not make pear soup!
- Add the sugar stir to help dissolve
- Allow it to cool a little (safety for the next bit!)
- Pour through a sieve try not to allow any of the pears drop into it (some will)
- Pour 1 l of grape juice into a demijohn
- Pour the stock into the demi through a funnel (filter if you have bits)
- Top up with cold water about an inch short of full
- Wait until lukewarm
- Add yeast, yeast nutrient, citric acid, rock the demi to mix a little, add the trap
- Wait about 4 weeks
- Rack off filtering the liquid
- Put back into clean demijohn
- Wait about 3 or 4 weeks until clear
- Bottle it
- Try to be patient but you can drink it from now!
This is 5 demi john's of pear wine, 14 bottles of elderberry and 6 bottles of plum (in bad light!) That is 50 bottles of wine :D
