Cashew Fruit Wine Recipe D.I.Y.

Hey Guys and Gals! The cashew apple is the juicy fruit that grows above the cashew nut. In Goa they make feni from it. Here it is as a wine. Makes one gallon.

Ingredients

Step 1

• 4 lb ripe cashew apples, nuts twisted off and discarded
• 2.25 lb sugar
• 1 gallon water
• 1 tsp acid blend
• 1 tsp yeast nutrient
• 1/2 tsp pectic enzyme
• 1 Campden tablet, crushed

Step 2

• 1 pack white wine yeast

Directions

1. Use only the fruit. Never use the raw nut or its shell. Wash and chop the fruit and crush it in a straining bag in the primary.
2. Dissolve the sugar in hot water and pour over the fruit. Cool, then add everything except the yeast. Wait 24 hours.
3. Hydrate the yeast in 4 oz of warm water for 15 minutes, add it, take a hydrometer reading and fit an airlock.
4. Ferment on the pulp 5 to 7 days, stirring daily.
5. Remove the bag. Siphon into a secondary carboy and let it finish.
6. Rack every two to three months until clear. Sweeten to taste once it is still.
7. Bottle and age 6 months or more.

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