Cumberland Sauce, Home Made

[thaigerd]

Made a chicken-liver pate 2 days ago but could not find Cumberland sauce for it.

So I made it by myself this morning, takes only about one hour and the outcome seems to be very good.

Here is the rough procedure:

-melt some sugar in a pot until light brown colour

-add the frozen red currants-

-season with a bit of ground ginger and cinnamon

-a good shot of port wine and orange juice--

- simmer for about 10-15 minutes

- thicken with corn starch

- simmering again for another 5 minutes-

- pass it through a fine strainer

- peel oranges and lemons(see photos)

-slice orange and lemon skins in very fine julienne

-squeeze out the juices from your oranges and lemons

-heat the juice and boil the juliennes in it until soft

-add this liquid with the soft skins into your already prepared red currant sauce

mix well and chill it down- ready to serve with your pate or what ever you like, voila!

Gerd