Althea's Blackberry Sauce Recipe

• 250 gm Blackberries
• 30 gm Soft light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp Arrowroot
• 5 Tbsp. Red wine Or possibly
• 3 Tbsp. Port or possibly other fortified wine
• 1 x Cinnamon stick 5 - 8 cm long
• 2 x Cloves Black pepper, optional

1. Bring blackberries and sugar to boiling point with 100 ml water.
2. Have ready the arrowroot mixed to a smooth cream with a further 2 - 3 Tbsp.
3. of water, and stir it into the pan.
4. The moment everything is well mixed, put in the wine and spices.
5. Simmer about 5 min.
6. Taste, add in more sugar if necessary, and remove the cinnamon stick and cloves.
7. If you do want to serve this quick and easy sauce with meat, use 2 tsp.
8. of arrowroot and pour in the meat juices from the roasting pan, after removing the fat.
9. Taste and see if extra sugar is needed, but don't oversweeten the sauce.
10. Grind in plenty of black pepper.
11. Althea in rural Australia
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Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/althea-s-blackberry-sauce-64323 (may not work)