COOKED WINE

Ingredients: grape must

Take some good black grape must, drain it and boil it until it is reduced to a quart. Let it cool down, bottle it and cap it well, store in a cool and dark place.
This ancient syrup was never missing in the pantries of the well-to-do and was used in different ways:
- it was added to the snow to make the "scirubetta" (a kind of slush);
- it was added to the blood of the pig to make black pudding;
- it was added to the stuffing of pretali to replace honey.