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Black Currant Jam Water

A simple beverage made by simmering black currant jam with water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Black Currant Jam Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine the jam and water in a bright tin saucepan.

  2. Simmer for 30 minutes.

  3. Strain the mixture.

  4. Serve hot to quench thirst or cold for sore throat relief.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Black currant jam
Provides the main fruit flavour, natural sweetness and colour for the drink.
Water
Acts as the liquid that extracts flavour from the jam during simmering.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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