The redcurrants are ready

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Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Mon Jul 08, 13 8:49 pm Post subject: The redcurrants are ready
My young redcurrant bush has produced two or maybe even three good handfuls of berries this year. Any suggestions as to what I could do with them?

Nature'sgrafter

Joined: 22 Feb 2012
Posts: 527
Location: Sanday , Orkney

Posted: Mon Jul 08, 13 9:19 pm Post subject:
mix them with raspberry's and make jam

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 13 11:06 am Post subject:
Shame my raspberries are autumn ones Is there some sort of savory fridge jam type thing I could make to serve with meat? I guess I could buy more redcurrants to add to mine, but I'd rather just make one servings worth using just mine. Or I could do muffins...

Luath

Joined: 03 Dec 2009
Posts: 761

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 13 11:39 am Post subject:
Stew them gently in a little water, add butter, salt and pepper for a Cumberland sauce.

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 13 7:24 pm Post subject:

Luath wrote:

Stew them gently in a little water, add butter, salt and pepper for a Cumberland sauce.

Thanks, I'll give it a go

Calli

Joined: 13 Mar 2009
Posts: 626
Location: Galway

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 13 10:24 pm Post subject:
Shedloads of redcurrants - just have to beat the kids and the birds

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 13 8:55 am Post subject:
Drop a few of them into sponge mix and make real fruit buns. Or freeze until the raspberries are ready!

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9717
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 13 9:27 am Post subject:
I always struggled to use redcurrants - and only ended up mixing them with other things to use them up or making redcurrant jelly In the end I dug up the bush and had more blackcurrants.

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