Black Currant Cordial
2 cups black currants
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
juice and rind of 1 lemon
1. Simmer the black currants, sugar and water for 5 minutes.
2. Add the juice and rind of the lemon (use a potato peeler for the rind)
and simmer for another 5minutes.
3. Sieve the mixture and store in a sterilized bottle and keep in the fridge.
The cordial is excellent made up with sparkling water, 7-up, white wine, and also makes a good sauce for vanilla ice cream and lemon cheesecake. When I was in Ireland they served this in Guinness for the ladies!