Bought fresh currants

[Jean Blanchard]

I just purchased fresh currants from our farmers market. Anybody have any good recipes that I can use them in. Sweet or savory is okay by me. I'm just experimenting.

[Ktepi]

I don't have a recipe, but they're great in pie -- when I could get them from the Farmer's Market in Indiana, I would just combine them with whatever other fruit I was able to get that week. Sour cherries, blueberries, strawberries, elderberries -- currants go with all of them, black or red. (Likewise gooseberries, which are a type of currant or a close relative, I don't remember which.)

Good with duck, too -- just cook the currants a bit with one part sugar, one part vinegar, until you've got a sauce you can pour over duck breast.

And they freeze great, which is nice since (at least for me) they were available so briefly.

[mollybloom1109]

Just toss in a basic scone recipe or in red cabbage with vinegar...Yum!

[Tess]

Two words: summer pudding. Any recipe, but it's best with currants.

Edited to add: summer pudding thread.

Edited June 24, 2007 by Tess (log)

[Eden]

do you mean tiny grapes or actual currants as in red or black currants?

if the latter they make lovely fruity sauces for gamey meats/poutry

I adore currant sorbets, and of course you can make your own cassis - yumm!

[tim]

HI,

I love red currants with some sugar and creme fraiche.

Tim