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Currant Shrub

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  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. a gill of brandy
  2. a pound of sugar

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. 510.
  2. Mix a pound of sugar with every pint of currant-juice.
  3. When the sugar is dissolved boil it a few minutes and skim it.
  4. When almost cold add a gill of brandy to every quart of syrup.
  5. Bottle it, cork it well, and keep it in a cool place.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Slotted spoon