Roode Krentenbrij - Red Currant Soup

Total Time: 12 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 12 hrs Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons barley
• 1 quart red currants
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 soak the barley overnight in one cup of water.
• 2 wash and stem the currants, add the sugar, water, and stick of cinnamon.
• 3 cook over low heat for about 15 minutes; drain and force through a coarse sieve.
• 4 add the barley with water and salt to the strained fruit juice and simmer until the barley is soft and the juice thickened.
• 5 chill.