Black Currant Cordial

Ingredients

• Five quarts black currants
• two ounces ginger root
• one ounce cloves
• two ounces stick cinnamon
• two ounces allspice
• four nutmegs
• one teaspoon cayenne pepper
• one-half gallon whiskey
• four pounds granulated sugar

Method

1. 1

   Bruise the currants, ginger root, and cinnamon, then add all other spices except pepper.

2. 2

   Put into a thin muslin bag and the pepper in another bag.

3. 3

   Pour over all one-half gallon of whiskey and let stand for forty-eight hours, stirring occasionally.

4. 4

   Strain and put over the currants another half gallon of whiskey, stir thoroughly, and strain into the other whiskey.

5. 5

   Add four pounds of granulated sugar.

6. 6

   If too strong, dilute with a little water, then bottle.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mother Hubbard's cupboard (1887), page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BLACK CURRANT CORDIAL. Five quarts black currants, two ounces ginger root, one ounce cloves, two ounces stick cinnamon, two ounces allspice, four nutmegs, one teaspoon cayenne pepper. Bruise the cur- rants, the ginger root and cinnamon, add all the other spices except pepper. Put into a thin muslin bag ; put the pepper in another bag ; pour over all one-half gallon whiskey. Let it stand forty-eight hours, stirring occasionally ; strain this off, and put over the currants another half gallon of whiskey ; stir thoroughly, and strain into the other whiskey ; add to this liquor four pounds granulated sugar

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