Black Currant Cordial
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and steep
Pick and lightly bruise the black currants.
Add the bruised currants to a jar with the whiskey.
Let it sit for four months, shaking the jar occasionally.
Strain
After four months, drain off the liquid and strain it.
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 currants
- Provide the main fruit flavor, tartness, and deep color that the whiskey draws out.
- Whiskey
- Acts as the solvent that extracts flavor and color from the fruit and helps preserve the cordial.
The step that matters
Letting it sit for four months. Alcohol extracts flavor and color from the fruit slowly, so the steeping time sets how strong and rich the cordial becomes. Draining early gives a weak, pale result.
“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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