Old Fashioned Black Currant Lemonade

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 4 quarts fresh black currants, black, fresh
• 1 cup cold water, cold
• 1 cup sugar,
• 2 lemons

Recipe

• 1 (boil the water and currants without the sugar until the fruit are soft. sugar added too soon makes the currants tough, and they will not release their flavour.).
• 2 cover the currants with 1 cup of water and boil until the fruit is soft.
• 3 strain the mixture, keeping only the juice.
• 4 add 1 cup of sugar to the juice and reheat.
• 5 once the sugar has dissolved and the mixture has thickened a little pour the black currant syrup into a jar and seal, allow to cool, then place in refrigerator until ready to use.
• 6 when ready to serve, add ice cubes and the squeezed lemon halve to the chilled glass.
• 7 for one serving of lemonade use equal parts syrup and equal parts cold water with juice from a half a lemon.