Sustainable Hastings/Stoneledge Farm CSA

Wash currants and measure. Place currants in a heavy, non-aluminum sauce pan. For the basket of currants , mix in 1 TBS. Stoneledge Farm honey or other good honey and 1 TBS. sugar.   Heat over medium heat, stirring occasionally to mash berries and make sure they don’t stick. When the mixture becomes a thickened sauce remove from heat and let cool. If mixture is not sweet enough, add more sugar or honey and reheat until sugar is dissolved.   I didn’t take all of the stems from the Black Currants before cooking so I put the finished sauce from above through a fine sieve or food mill.

Use sauce over vanilla ice cream and serve with chocolate brownies.  You can mix this sauce into your favorite barbecue sauce and add some chili pepper for a spicy, sweet sauce that is great on poultry and beef. You may also add a pinch of cinnamon, a dash of cloves, and/or a few gratings of whole nutmeg to this sauce.