Tutty fruity wine

Every year for Christmas I have seen that my mom used to make delicious wine for the guests. She used to make and store them way ahead of Christmas so that by that time the wine is old and ready. That's the speciality about wines. The older, the better!!

So this year I thought why not I make one and surprise her! She usually makes with just one fruit. Either grape or ginger or anything she could get a hand on. But I thought why not be different? I tried to mix in a few varieties of fruits and make a tutty fruity wine instead!

Ingredients:

Mixed fruits - 1kg ( anything of your wild imagination )

Sugar - 3.75 cups

Active dry yeast - 3/4 tsp

Water - 4 litres 

Method:

Since this wine is called tutty fruity, you can actually use any fruits you like. Here i used strawberries, grapes, cherries, apple and oranges. 

Boil the water until it reaches a rolling boil stage. Leave it overnight until it cools down to room temperature. 

Wash and chop the fruits in small pieces. Keep aside. 

In a small bowl, combine little water, yeast and 1/2 tsp sugar. Keep aside until the yeast starts foaming. 

Take a container in which you are going to keep your wine mixture in. You can either use a 'bharani pot' or if you don't have one then use a plastic container. Add the chopped fruits and the sugar to this container and mix until combined. Add the yeast mixture. Don't mix once you add the yeast mixture. Finally add the boiled water. 

Cover the pot with a piece of cloth before putting the lid on. But if you are using a plastic container, make sure you don't close the lid too tightly. Leave some space for the air to pass or your container may burst!!! Watch out!

Stir this mixture once everyday for 21 days. Preferably the same time everyday. 

After 21 days, strain this mixture into a clean dry bottle or another container. Discard the solids. Place this bottle/container in a dark corner for 2 weeks. 

After 2 weeks, strain again. This time do it carefully coz we don't want to disturb the sediments at the bottom, so that now we have a clear wine to rack. Discard the hazy sediments at the bottom. 

If you are in a hurry you can use the wine straight away or rack it for however long you want. Like I mentioned earlier, with wines, the older the better!!