Pontack Sauce

The latest recipe I've tried is Pontack Sauce. I have yet to meet someone who has heard of this sauce but apparantly it goes well with game!

I started by boiling 500ml of cider vinegar, then pouring this vinegar over 500g of fresh elderberries. It is best to do this in a casserole dish because the next step is to leave the vinegar mix in a low oven overnight. I did mine during the day and heated it for 7 hours.

At the end of heating, strain the berries from the mix and boil again for 10 mins with the following added:

1 onion chopped finely
1 tbsp peppercorns
1 tsp cloves

After boiling, bottle the liquid (including the spices).

Now leave for 7 years.

No, seriously. This the advised leaving time but I think mine will be getting tasted before 7 years!

Now to find something to sample it with!