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Black Currant Cordial

A homemade cordial made by macerating black currants in whiskey for four months.

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

Black Currant Cordial

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine black currants and whiskey in a large jar.

  2. Let the mixture sit for four months, shaking the jar occasionally.

  3. After four months, drain the liquid and strain it.

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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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Black currants
Provide the fruit flavor, color, and aromatic compounds that infuse into the whiskey.
Whiskey
Acts as the solvent that extracts flavor and color from the currants while preserving the mixture.

“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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