Recipe

GINGER WINE

At New Year, not everyone takes an alcoholic drink and when I was young we felt very grown up being given Ginger Wine. Thumbing through pages of a recipe book even older than me revealed this tradi� onal recipe if you would like to give it a try. The ingredients are also s� ll generally available and it is very simple to do.

6 Teaspoons Essence of Ginger 2 Teaspoons Essence of Cayenne 6 Teaspoons of burnt sugar One lemon (or equivalent in squeezy juice) 3lbs (1.5kg) White sugar 9 pints (5 litres) of water

• METHOD •

Squeeze the lemon (or squeezy lemon juice) into the water, add the sugar and boil up for 20 minutes. Allow to cool and add the essences. Decant into bottles.