Intro
A yummy variation on tomato sauce, I collected this recipe over the fence when I was a Child Bride. Our neighbours, Bruce and Julie Gallagher, had a grape vine and used to make this sauce from the ones not quite sweet enough to just eat.
Recipe
Simmer together gently in a preserving pan for 1.25 - 1.5 hours or until beginning to thicken:
- 2 kg grapes
- 5 cups vinegar
- 4 cups sugar
- 4 teaspoons salt
- half teaspoon cayenne pepper
- half teaspoon black pepper corns
- 2 teaspoons whole cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
NB This can be quite thin sometimes ... seems to vary. Occasionally I have helped it thicken with a few teaspoons of cornflour mixed to a thin cream with cold water, then stirred into the simmering sauce stirring all the while.
