Red currants
For each quart of berries:
Pared rind of 1/2 lemon
2 Cloves
Water
Sugar
Pick any stalks and leaves from the berries, wash them and put into a pan
and
barely cover with water. Add lemon and cloves. Simmer the fruit to a pulp.
Put
the pulp into a muslin cloth, over a large bowl and let the liquid to drip
into
the pan.
Measure the juice produced and add 2 1/4 cups of sugar for every 2 1/2
cups of
red currant juice. Boil until the setting point is reached, then pour into
small pots and seal.
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