Althea's Blackberry Sauce

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 250 g blackberries
• 30 g soft light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons arrowroot
• 5 tablespoons red wine or 5 tablespoons port wine or 5 tablespoons other fortified wine
• 1 cinnamon stick, 5 - 8 cm long
• 2 cloves
• black pepper (optional)

Recipe

• 1 bring blackberries and sugar to boiling point with 100 ml water. have ready the arrowroot mixed to a smooth cream with a further 2 - 3 tablespoons of water, and stir it into the pan.
• 2 the moment everything is well mixed, put in the wine and spices. simmer about 5 minutes. taste, add more sugar if necessary, and remove the cinnamon stick and cloves.
• 3 if you do want to serve this quick and easy sauce with meat, use 2 teaspoons of arrowroot and pour in the meat juices from the roasting pan, after removing the fat.
• 4 taste and see if extra sugar is needed, but do not oversweeten the sauce. grind in plenty of black pepper.