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🍽️ Homemade Redcurrant Syrup with Vanilla and Lemon

120 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Wash the redcurrants thoroughly and shake them dry.
  2. 2. Rinse the lemon under hot water and slice it into thin rounds.
  3. 3. Slice the vanilla pod lengthwise.
  4. 4. Scrape out the tiny seeds (the pulp) from the pod.
  5. 5. Mix the sugar with one liter of water in a pot.
  6. 6. Bring the sugar water mixture to a boil.
  7. 7. Add the lemon slices, the vanilla pulp, and the empty vanilla pod to the pot.
  8. 8. Let the mixture boil briefly again.
  9. 9. Add the redcurrants to the hot syrup.
  10. 10. Let the syrup simmer gently for about 10 minutes.
  11. 11. Gently crush the berries with a potato masher while doing this.
  12. 12. Remove the pot from the heat.
  13. 13. Cover the pot.
  14. 14. Let the syrup steep overnight so the flavors infuse well.
  15. 15. Strain the syrup through a fine cloth the next day to remove the berry residue.
  16. 16. Press the berries in the cloth to extract all the juice.
  17. 17. Bring the filtered syrup to a boil once more.
  18. 18. Fill the hot syrup into bottles that have been rinsed with hot water.

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