Sima

Total Time: 60 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 12 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 48 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 large lemons
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 5 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 5 quarts boiling water
• 1/8 teaspoon active dry yeast
• 15 raisins

Recipe

• 1 peel lemons with (just zest) with veg. peeler.
• 2 eemove pith ( part).
• 3 alice lemons very thin.
• 4 in 6-8 qt bowl place lemon peel lemon slices and sugar (minus 5 tsps).
• 5 pour water over and stir let cool to tepid.
• 6 stir in yeast.
• 7 let stand 12 hrs uncovered.
• 8 add 3 raisins and 1 tsp sugar to each bottle.
• 9 strain into bottle (5 qts bottles) with lids or corks and seal.
• 10 let stand at room temp for 1-2 days until raisins float.
• 11 chill till ready to serve.