Cumberland Sauce
- 1 lemon
- 1 orange
- 1 tsp dry mustard
- Good pinch of cayenne pepper
- Pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup ruby or tawny port
- 1/3 cup red currant jelly
- Remove the zest from half the lemon with a vegetable peeler.
- Repeat with half of the orange.
- Cut the zest into very thin slivers.
- Bring a small pan of water to a boil.
- Add the zest strips and cook for 5 minutes.
- Drain in a wire sieve and rinse under cold running water.
- Squeeze the juice from the lemon and orange.
- Stir the lemon juice, orange juice, mustard, cayenne, and salt in a small saucepan until the salt dissolves.
- Add the port and jelly and bring to a boil over medium heat.
- Simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
- Strain the sauce through a wire sieve into a serving bowl and stir in the citrus zests.
- Serve hot, warm, or at room temperature.
- Variation
- Spicy Cumberland Sauce
- For a slightly spicier version, add an extra pinch of cayenne pepper and a pinch each of ground cloves and ground ginger.
lemon, orange, mustard, cayenne pepper, salt, ruby, red currant
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/cumberland-sauce (may not work)