Berries of black elder are fragrant and edible, taste at them sweet-sour. In the Middle Ages magic abilities which prolong life were attributed to them. Usually from them cook jam, do tinctures, syrups, but this recipe will prompt how to make great sweet-sour sauce to any meat dish.
Ingredients:
- 5 kg of berries of elder;
- ½ pods of Chile;
- 2 garlic gloves;
- ½ lemons;
- 1 napiform bulbs;
- salt;
- 50 g of granulated sugar;
- on 1 teaspoon of powder of ginger, coriander, nutmeg and allspice.
Preparation:
- It is accurate to pick berries from inflorescences, to place in a colander and to wash up in flowing water. Place in a deep bowl, crush to liquid state (the easiest way — the submersible blender). It is obligatory to grind the received weight through a sieve, it is necessary to remove firm small seeds of berries, to set aside so far.
- Small to chop onions with garlic.
- Separate pan with a double bottom to heat, add some vegetable oil, to wait when it is warmed, and then to put the crushed onions and garlic. Them it is necessary it is necessary to fry, be guided on onions a little. As soon as it gains golden color, to pour out pure juice of elder in a pan.
- Squeeze out juice of a part of a lemon, pour to berry mix, prevent and wait when contents of a pan begin to boil.
- In small capacity to mix spices: on one teaspoon of a cracked ginger, ground nutmeg, ground allspice and a ground coriander.
- To cut a pod of Chile hot pepper across on two equal parts, to cut one of them on small slices.
- When juice in a pan began to boil, to add mix from spices, the cut Chile and sugar.
- Boil sauce about 5-7 minutes, constantly stirring slowly, then remove from fire and pour out in that capacity where you will store it.
Sauce of elder is good also in hot, and cold. It is a fine alternative to usual tomato ketchup.