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Смородиновый напиток

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
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
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.