Wine from figs / Vin de smochine

– my great-grandmother recipe –

Ingredients:

• 1 kg figs
• 3 kg sugar
• 1 lemon
• 30 gr lemon salt
• fresh yeast (walnut size)
• 1 demijohn (15 litres)
• 10 litres of water

Steps :

Slice ​the figs.

Slice the lemon and remove seeds.

Crumble the yeast.

Put in the demijohn.

Pour 10 litres of water.

Mix with a wooden spoon .

Cover with a cloth large.

Keep in a cool and dark place.

Mix 2 times, weekly (with spoon).

Fermentation time is 6 weeks.

You will know when it’s done. Wine marc will be on the bottom of the demijohn.

Pull with hose in another bottle. Pass, also, the wine through a sieve.

Let the wine to settle for 3 – 4 days.

Put in bottles. Keep in a cool place.

Second wine production: on the wine marc put 2 kg of sugar and the same amount of yeast and only 8 litres of water. Do the same operations. Ferments faster (3-4 weeks). The second wine will be harsher and with less alcohol.

– reteta strabunicii mele –

Ingrediente:

• 1 kg smochine
• 3 kg zahar
• 1 lamaie
• 30 gr sare de lamaie
• drojdie de bere proaspata (cat o nuca)
• 1 damigeana de 15 litri
• 10 litri de apa

Pasi:

Taiati felii smochinele.

Lamaia se taie felii si se scot samburii.

Se faramiteaza drojdia.

Se pun in damigeana.

Se toarna 10 litri de apa.

Se amesteca cu o lingura de lemn.

Se acopera cu o carpa mare si deasa.

Se tine in loc rece si la intuneric.

De 2 ori pe saptamana se amesteca cu lingura.

Durata de fermentatie este de 6 saptamani.

Se cunoaste cand e gata dupa depunerea la fund a borhotului.

Se trage cu un furtun in alt vas. Se trece si prin sita.

Se lasa la limpezit 3-4 zile.

Se trage la sticle cu dop. Se tine la rece.

Dupa ce s-a tras vinul, peste borhot se pun 2 kg de zahar si aceeasi cant de drojdie si doar 8 litri de apa. Se fac aceleasi operatiuni. Fermenteaza mai repede (3-4 sapt). Vinul rezultat, a doua oara, este mai aspru si cu mai putin alcool.