Kiselis

This is a thickened fruit juice, served as a sauce with other desserts, used as a drink, and served with whipped cream. The thickness determines its purpose.

Taken from an old Latvian cookbook "Majturiba". 



Ingredients:

1 liter of water

200-250 g. of berries - fresh, frozen or dried (red currant are popular here, but you can use just about any combination. This is even made with dry fruit here- apricots, raisins, apples, prunes, etc. If using dried use only 100g. )

125 g. sugar

60-65 g. potato starch for thick, 40-45 g. for thin.

Method:

1. Clean berries if they are fresh. 
2. Place berries in pot, add water and bring to boil. 
3. Add sugar and stir to dissolve. 
4. Dissolve potato starch in a bit of cold water and add to boiling juice, stirring constantly. 
5. Bring to boil, remove from heat as soon as comes to boil. 
6. Cool. 
7. Serve with desserts or use as a drink. 

NOTE: Recipe says to sprinkle the sugar on after you pour it into your desired serving container so as to avoid it having a film over the top. I have not had that problem and always dissolve the sugar in the juice. Other Latvians can feel free to comment and I can adjust this recipe.