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Traditional method

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This alcoholic and sparkling beverage is made with water, sugar, syrup, lemon, and yeast. It is a traditional drink enjoyed during Easter celebrations in …

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Recipe from Olli, Sankarip, Anssi and 10 other contributors (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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Sima is a traditional Finnish drink, typically alcoholic and fizzy, made from water, sugar, syrup, and lemon. This recipe will allow you to prepare approximately 9 liters of sima.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time10 min
  • Cook time2 min
  • Resting48 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyMedium
  • Cooking methodfermentation

Ingredients

9 people
  • $0.45
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  • $3.16

Directions

  1. Thoroughly clean the plastic container or 10-litre bucket. ≈ 8 min
  2. Pour in the sugar and syrup at the bottom of the container. ≈ 3 min
  3. Boil about half (3 to 4 litres) of the water, pour it into the container, and stir to dissolve the sugar.
  4. Then, add the remaining water. ≈ 3 min
  5. Wash the lemons, cut them into slices, and place them in the liquid so they can float. ≈ 8 min
  6. Wait for the liquid to reach room temperature, then add the yeast. ≈ 3 min
  7. It’s best to rehydrate the yeast in a small amount of wine.
  8. Allow the wine to rest in the container at room temperature overnight, covered.
  9. The following day, pour the wine into glass bottles. ≈ 3 min
  10. Add a few grapes and a teaspoon of sugar to each bottle. ≈ 3 min
  11. Seal the bottles loosely and allow them to ferment for 2 to 3 days, until the grape skins rise to the surface and the wine is ready to be consumed. ≈ 3 min
  12. After this, the wine can be stored in the refrigerator and will be ideal after about a week.

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Ingredients

  • 8 liters of water
  • 400 g of powdered sugar
  • 400 g of cane sugar
  • 2 dl of syrup
  • 2-4 lemons
  • 1/4 teaspoon of yeast
  • dried apricots

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