Beet Wine

7 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 10 medium sized beets (red)
  • water
  • 2 1/2 lb. sugar
  • 1/2 cake compressed yeast
  • 1 piece toast
  • 1 Tbsp. raisins
  • black pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    Cut beets fine; add water to cover and cook until tender. Drain well and let stand until next day.
  2. 2
    Add sugar to one gallon beet juice.
  3. 3
    Add enough black pepper that will stay on a ten cent piece.
  4. 4
    Cook for 10 minutes.
  5. 5
    When the beets and water are warm like milk, pour through a cheesecloth.
  6. 6
    Add the yeast spread on toast and 1 tablespoons raisins.
  7. 7
    Set in a warm place 10 days, then put through cloth again.
  8. 8
    Bottle it and in 10 days it is like Port wine.

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