ORANGE WINE

5 Seville oranges

5 sweet oranges

8 oz. chopped raisins

3 1/4 Ib. sugar

1 gallon water

Campden tablet

Pectozyme

Nutrient

Sauterne yeast

Thinly pare two Seville oranges and three sweet oranges, chop the raisins, add 2 1/2 Ib. white sugar and pour on the boiling water. When cool add the fruit juice from all the oranges and stir in the nutrient and yeast. Ferment for four days, then strain and continue the fermentation by adding the remaining sugar in three 4 oz. doses. If it is possible to ferment this wine any longer by additional sugar, by all means do so, but because it contains a high acid and alcohol content it will take a long time to mature adequately; at least two years and possibly three. By this time, however, all the bitter flavour goes and the wine is left smooth and rich. A glass of gin added to each bottle at bottling time gives a 'satin' finish to the wine.