Dried Fruit Sweet Red Wine

Ingredients

 * 450 gram sultana's
 * 450 gram raisins
 * 450 gram dried elderberries
 * 225 gram dates
 * 225 gram dried banana's
 * 1 kilo can red grape concentrate
 * 1.36 kilo granulated white sugar
 * 1 teaspoon citric accid
 * 1 teaspoon yeast nutrient
 * 1 teaspoon pectic enzyme
 * 1 sachet of Sauterness yeast

Directions

 * 1) Activate the yeast in a starter bottle.
 * 2) Boil the sugar in 0.5 litre water until its a syrup and leave it to cool. Store it in a stopperd container.
 * 3) Wash, dry and chop the dried fruit. Place them in a fermentation bucket and pour 2.5 litres boiling water over them. Stir well, cover and leave for 24 hours stirring twice more during this time.
 * 4) After 24 hours add the grape concentrate, the additives, 0.5 liters of the sugar syrup and the yeast culture. Cover it and leave for 4 days for fermentation to start, stirring at least once a day.
 * 5) Strain the liquid from the pulp do a jar, fit an airlock and put it in a warm place top ferment, shake it daily. s the fermentation dies down, add more sugar syrup, about 140 ml., until either all the sugar is used or the fermentation ceases.
 * 6) Leave to settle and rack when a sediment is formed. This wine will take a long time to mature and is best left in the jar than being bottled.
 * 7) It is advisable to top up after racking with either grape concentrate or a fruit juice.