Red Fruit Soup (Norway) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb berries, fresh (strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants, blackberries, blueberries, cranberries, or a )
2 tablespoons caster sugar (white sugar)
2 cups cold water
2 tablespoons cornflour (cornstarch)

Preparation

Put the fruit, sugar and water in a pan. Cook them over a low heat for five minutes, until the fruit is soft.
Let the fruit cool, then use the back of a spoon to push it through a sieve into a bowl. Throw away any bits left in the sieve.
Put the cornflour in a cup. Mix it with a tablespoon of the juices from the cooked fruit, until it is smooth.
Stir the cornflour mixture into the fruit. Then, pour the fruit back into the pan and bring it to the boil.
Turn the heat down low. Cook the fruit for five minutes, stirring it with a wooden spoon all the time.
Take the pan off the heat and let the mixture cool. Pour it into 4 glasses or bowls. Chill them in a refrigerator.
Garnish with fresh berries before serving.