Cumberland Sauce

This lovely simple old-fashioned fruity sauce is traditionally associated with meat and meat pies, but is also perfect with all kinds of meatless dishes like our Chestnut, Apple and Onion Pie.

  • Serves 4 with a main course

  • Preparation 5 mins

  • Cooking 25 mins

Cumberland Sauce
  • Dairy-Free

  • Egg-Free

  • Gluten-Free

  • Suitable for Freezing

  • Vegan

  • Wheat-Free

Ingredients

  • 1 medium orange
  • 1 medium lemon
  • 4 tbsp good quality redcurrant jelly
  • 4 tbsp port
  • 1 tsp dried mustard powder
  • 1 tsp powdered ginger

Method

  1. Thinly pare the rinds of the lemon and orange, removing all the white pith. Cut into very thin strips about 1 cm in length.
  2. Boil the rinds in water for 5 minutes to extract any bitterness and drain.
  3. Place the redcurrant jelly and port into a saucepan and melt over a low heat for 5 or 10 minutes. Pass the mixture through a sieve to breakdown any remaining globules.
  4. In a large bowl mix the mustard and ginger with juice of half a lemon until smooth.
  5. Add the juice of a whole orange, the port and redcurrant mixture and the orange and lemon peel. Mix well.

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