Florence White

Pontac Sauce

Sent by Miss M. A. Sloane, of Enderby and Leicester, July 1931.

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      12 hr

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By Florence White

Published 1932

  • About

Ingredients

  • Ripe elderberries 1 pint
  • boiling vinegar ¾ pint
  • salt

Method

  1. Pour the boiling vinegar over the elderberries.
  2. Let the jar stand all night in a cool oven.
  3. Strain without pressure.
  4. Boil the liquid 5 minutes with the root ginger, mace, peppercorns, cloves and shallots.
  5. Bottle when cold, with the spices.