Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup claret (dry red table wine… French or Italian, somewhat bitter)
Preparation
Boil sugar and water for 8 full minutes.
Remove from heat and pour in claret.
Let sit until it reaches room temperature (will thicken into a sauce consistency).
Bottle.
Use sparingly on: Italian ice lemon sherbert white or lemon cake fruit
Alternatively, you can add strawberries and rhubarb to the boiling water/sugar and then strain for a Strawberry Rhubarb Claret Sauce.