Beverage

Palm Wine (Emu / Nkwu Enu)

Name: Palm Wine (Emu / Nkwu Enu)
Total time: 12h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Nigeria
Ingredients: 4 L fresh palm sap; Clean calabash or glass demijohn; Muslin

Fresh raffia-palm sap left to ferment naturally — Nigeria's oldest ceremonial drink, milky and effervescent.

12h 6 servings Easy

Ingredients

• 4 L fresh palm sap
• Clean calabash or glass demijohn
• Muslin

Method

Step 1 of 425%

Collect sap into sterilised gourd from a freshly tapped palm.

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1
Collect sap into sterilised gourd from a freshly tapped palm.
2
Cover loosely with muslin; leave at 25-28°C.
3
Taste at 6 h for sweet palm wine; up to 12 h for stronger, sharper 'nkwu-ocha'.
4
Strain and serve chilled the same day.