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Vilkudrīcekļu sula

Rose-hip sauce

  • Makes about 350 ml, for 4–6
  • about 1¼ hours
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1796Wilkudrihzeklu sulla.

Modernizētslpp. 233–234 · PDF 247–248

The book gives ¼ mārciņa of rose hips, which converts to about 105 g; it gives no other amounts.

Method

6 soļi
  1. Simmer the rose hips in the water and wine, covered, for 40–60 minutes, until very soft.
  2. Meanwhile rub the sugar lumps hard over the lemon peel until they turn yellow and smell of lemon. With granulated sugar, grate the zest finely and rub it into the sugar with your fingers.
  3. Add the lemon sugar and lemon slices to the hips and simmer for 5 minutes.
  4. Push everything through a fine sieve, then strain the purée again through a sieve lined with clean muslin, squeezing well, to catch every seed hair (our addition).
  5. Return the purée to the pan and simmer, stirring, for 5–10 minutes, until thick enough to coat a spoon. Taste for sugar.
  6. With flour (the book's second choice): brown the flour in the butter for 4–5 minutes, whisk it into the sauce in step 5 and simmer for at least 10 minutes more, until the flour can no longer be tasted.

Notes

What the book says vs. what we added

the book boils ¼ mārciņa of rose hips with water and wine until very soft, adds sugar rubbed on lemons and lemon slices, strains it through a colander and boils it again until thick. Flour browned in butter may be added, but then the sauce needs longer boiling, until the flour can't be tasted; the book prefers a sauce thickened by the rose hips alone. The amounts of water, wine and sugar, the muslin and the times are ours.

Serving

the book doesn't say. It makes a similar sauce for ox tongue (02-086); rose-hip sauce also suits boiled beef, game and puddings.

Rose hips

we assume dried hips; 105 g of fresh ones would make very little sauce. For fresh hips, use about 300 g with 350 ml water and simmer for 30 minutes. The hairs around the seeds irritate the mouth and gut, so strain through cloth, not just a colander. Dried rose hips are sold in health-food and tea shops.

Lemon sugar

rubbing sugar lumps on the peel is an old way to take up the lemon oil without any bitter pith.

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