Date and Banana Medium-sweet Wine

Ingredients

 * 900 gram chopped dates
 * 450 gram ripe banana's
 * 900 gram sugar, boiled until clear in 0.5 liter of water
 * 1 cup cold tea
 * 1 teaspoon citric accid
 * 1 teaspoon yeast nutrient
 * 1 teaspoon pectic enzyme
 * 1 teaspoon general purpose yeast

Directions

 * 1) Peel and slice the banana's and place them in a saucepan with 1 liter of water. Bring to boil and let it simmer for 20 minutes. Then, strain it into a jug, retaining the fluid.
 * 2) Chop the dates and place them in a plastic bucket. Add the sugar syrup, the bananajuice and the tea. Add 1 liter of cold water.
 * 3) Let this all cool down untill it reaches a tempretaure of 21C (70F). Add the citric accid, yeast nutrient and pectic enzyme and stir it well.
 * 4) Put the general purpose yeast in a bottle with 280 ml. of tepid water. Shake it well nd add it to the bucket after 12 hours.
 * 5) Keep the bucket in a warm place, stirring it daily for 7 days.
 * 6) After 7 days strain it into a jar. Top it up with water to the shoulder if neccesary. Fit an airlock and leave it in the warmth again until fermentation has ceased.
 * 7) Rack into a clean jar when a sediment has formed, you can also sweeten it now if you want, refit the airlock and place the jar in a cool place to settle.
 * 8) When the wine clears, rack it again and add a chrushed Campden tablet. Keep on racking the wine until fermentation is cmpletely finished.