Currant Drink

Currant drink is a fragrant homemade compote made with black currants, strawberries and lemon balm, and it simmers for just 10 minutes. In hot weather it's best served chilled, and on a cooler day, warm. A couple of basil leaves in the glass make the flavor bright and wonderfully aromatic - I really recommend it.

Currant Drink

A fragrant homemade compote made with currants, strawberries and lemon balm, with orange slices and basil leaves.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Servings: 8 servings

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: Home cooking

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 3 l water
• 200 g black currants
• 100 g strawberries
• 5 sprigs lemon balm
• 200-300 g sugar to taste
• 2 slices orange can be replaced with lemon
• basil a couple of leaves for serving

Method

 

1. Rinse the berries and slice the orange.
2. Put the berries and orange into a pot, add the sugar and pour in the water. Place on the stove.
3. Bring to a boil, add the lemon balm and boil for another couple of minutes.
4. Turn off the heat and let it cool. If you like, add basil to the glasses of the drink - it's absolutely delicious.
   

Notes

In hot weather serve the drink chilled, in cooler weather serve it warm.

Tips

• You can swap the orange for lemon - the drink will be more refreshing.
• Adjust the sugar to the tartness of the berries: 200 to 300 grams.
• Add the basil straight into the glasses before serving, not into the pot.