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touchwood

Joined: 12 Jul 2009
Posts: 116
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 3:01 pm Post subject: Red currants
I've never grown or eaten red currants before but we have a large bush in our new house which is laden with fruit. They're not all ripening at the same time so I'm not sure what to do with them, (can I freeze the ripe ones until I have enought to do something with) I'd also love ideas on what are your favorite ways of using them.

Sally Too

Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 2511
Location: N.Ireland

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 3:08 pm Post subject:
They freeze really well.... and look beautiful when just taken out - all frosted.....

otatop

Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Posts: 1425
Location: North London

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 3:23 pm Post subject:
I have whitecurrants and blackcurrants. I make jelly, icecream/sorbet and summer pudding. The whitecurrants go very nicely with soft cheese. They freeze really well. I wish I had space for reds.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35049
Location: Devon

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 3:57 pm Post subject:
I like them in a pie, but as no-one else round here does I usually make lots of jelly, using the destructions here.

Greenfoot

Joined: 04 Dec 2007
Posts: 324
Location: The veggie plot or getting stones

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 5:19 pm Post subject:
The recent heavy rain and strong wind left me with many red currants on the ground. We usually freeze them and add them to fruits salads later on.

Rosemary Judy

Joined: 08 Aug 2005
Posts: 1215
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 5:25 pm Post subject:
Redcurrant vodka takes a lot of beating....... Summer puddings, sorbet with raspberries, jelly and in rhubarb jam. I also make a lot of coulis and freeze that as the pips get to me after a while !

mihto

Joined: 03 Feb 2008
Posts: 3273
Location: West coast of Norway

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 5:54 pm Post subject:
Cordials. They freeze beautifully and make a delicious drink. Lots of sugar needed, I'm afraid. They are lovely served fresh with sugar and custard as well.

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 5:58 pm Post subject:
red current jelly here, then I use that to cook with lamb chops, shallots and button mushrooms. Yum yum

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 8:44 pm Post subject:
Vodka and fresh with yoghurt for me.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35049
Location: Devon

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 8:48 pm Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

Vodka and fresh with yoghurt for me.

Is that for breakfast?

gythagirl

Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1464
Location: Somerset

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 9:06 pm Post subject:
I wait every year for my redcurrants to start to ripen, completely forgetting that the pesky blackbirds pick off each one as soon as it has a hint of pink - by the time I've cottoned on they've mostly gone without me seeing a single red fruit...you'd think I'd learn

maryf

Joined: 25 Oct 2009
Posts: 341
Location: suffolk

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 10 11:15 pm Post subject:

Redcurrants were new for me last year as we inherited a bush, loads of fruit, picked daily, just rinsed, patted dry and kept in the fridge 'til I had enough to do something (3 or 4 days) I froze some which became flans and trifles later in the year. Ate them raw with ice cream, just cooked in pies, raspberry and redcurrant trifle went down well, my neighbour made jelly - still coming out with roast lamb! and the rest - 1 gal of just redcurrant, 1 gal redcurrant and raspberry and 1 gal of miribelle plum and redcurrant. Plenty on the bush again this year - plumping up but not ripening yet. I don't think that it had been pruned for some time - ditto the raspberry canes which I gave a severe haircut to and that too is loaded with fruit but not ripening yet.

VSS

Joined: 14 Jan 2007
Posts: 2845
Location: Llyn Peninsula, North Wales

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 10 10:45 am Post subject:
you can't beat redcurrant jelly with slow roasted mutton

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 10 11:57 am Post subject:
We make redcurrant jelly, and my mum makes a rather superb raspberry and redcurrant wine.

touchwood

Joined: 12 Jul 2009
Posts: 116
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 10 9:39 am Post subject:

Thanks to everyone for the help and all the suggestions.

I started to pick some last night but once I tasted, 1 the rest didn't make it to the kitchen

I'll try again today, jelly and sorbet are definately on the to try list but then I love the sound of redcurrent pie, or cordials and especially vodka

oohhh dear, they all sound so good, looks like I'll be taking some cutting for next year.

Thanks again everyone

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