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Fruit Drinks

A simple drink made by mixing black currant jam with water and heating until dissolved.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Fruit Drinks

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Add the jam or jelly to the water in a pot.

  2. Stir over medium heat until the preserve is melted.

  3. Cover the pot and strain the mixture before serving.

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 or jelly
Provides the main fruit flavor, sweetness, and color, and its pectin gives the drink a slightly fuller body.

The step that matters

Stirring over medium heat until melted. Heating gently and stirring keeps the preserve from scorching on the pot bottom while it dissolves fully into the water, so the drink tastes evenly fruity rather than burnt or grainy.

“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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