Recipe - Green Chile Wine

1 pound Green Chiles; (peeled and
seeds removed)
3 pound Sugar
1 ga Water
One fourth teaspoon Grape tannin
1 Tablet Bisulite
3 Tablests Yeast nutrient
1 ounce Acid blend
24 Dried apricot halves
One half cup Raisins; chopped coarsely
1 pack Allpurpose wine yeast

Sam Arnold Denver, Colorado

From "The ChiliLovers' Cookbook", compiled by Al and Mildred Fischer,
third edition, published in 1981 by Golden West Publishers, Phoenix, ISBN
091484606X :

Chop green chiles into 1/4inch squares. Dissolve sugar in very warm water.
Chrust bisulfite and yeast tablets into a powder. Mix together all
ingredients EXCEPT wine yeast in a fivegallon polythene bucket. Cover with
plastic wrap. (This mixture is called the "must.") When must has cooled to
7075 degrees F, sprinkle yeast on top. Cover bucket. Stir must daily.
Ferment for five days.

Strain out solids and press leftover pulp. Discard pulp. Siphon must into
narrownecked onegallon jug or carboy. Cover with double layer of plastic
wrap secured with rubber band or attached fermentation lock. Be sure liquid
is topped by adding water to bring level within 1inch of top of jug. Place
jug away from drafts or extreme temperature changes. After three weeks,
siphon wine into 5gallon bucket, leaving as much oif the yeast deposit
behind as possible. Carefully rinse jug and siphone wine back into jug. Top
liquid again. Replace cover. (This process is called "racking.") After
three months repeat the racking process.

When wine is clear and bubbles can no longer be seen rising in the liquid,
bottle the wine. If corks are used, store bottles on their sides. If screw
caps, store upright. Age one year.
Now, I have never tried this recipe (or any home winemaking), so I make no
warrantees or representations about how the results may turn out for any
adventurous ChileHead who wants to try this.

By the way, Golden West Publishers in Phoenix publish a number of
spiralbound cookbooks which should appeal to ChileHeads, including the
Arizona Cookbook, the New Mexico Cookbook, Mexican Family Favorites
Cookbook, the Tequila Cookbook, etc.

Golden West Publishers 4113 N. Longview Phoenix, AZ 85014 Phone:
602/2654392 Fax: 602/2796901 URL: http://www.thetown.com/

For a partial list of titles, see their distributor's web page at:

URL: http://www.gourmetwest.com/GW.html

Posted to CHILEHEADS DIGEST V4 #265 by The Old Bear oldbear@arctos.com
on Jan 10, 1998