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Gothamist finds the red currant to be one of those fruits that usually appears on menus as part of a tart sauce for meat, game or fish. Part of the gooseberry family, they can also be used as a tart counterpoint to decadent chocolate and sweet fruit desserts.
Red Currants can currently be found in Citarella stores around the city for about $3 a pack.
Do you have any recipes or uses for red currants to share?
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Wow, maybe the most worthless Gothamist post ever!
So confused... a currant is a dried grape. So what's a dried currant? And while we're on the topic, and I'm not saying that we are, what's a sultana?
a currant isn't a dried grape. it's a berry. as a kid, we used to grow them in our garden. they're awesome for jams and jellies, and currant pies (when made properly) are delicious.
Dogfish Head Brewery put this out.
It is really something. This is their description:
Au Courant
A remarkable, strong Belgian Pale Ale brewed with French Pilsner malt and pale Belgian Candi Sugar.
Pureed currants and our house Belgian Ale strain are added to the fermenter to create a unique beer.
Brewed to bolster your bluster in the colder weather!
7.0% ABV 17.5P 25 IBU
12 ounce 4-packs
Available December 1st each year
approx. 231 calories and 24 carbs per bottle
Descriptors: Cassis, blackberry, dry, minty, herbal
Food pairing recommendations: Roasted duck, wasabi, shrimp cocktail, foie gras,
grilled fish, peppered chicken
Suggested serving glass: pint glass
In France, where I spent summers as a child, my french relatives would break off a branch of currants and dip in a bowl of sugar. They are very tart and hard to eat otherwise.
It was delicious!
ummm, a dried grape is a raisin.
From about.com:
Mmmm...Lindeman's cassis lambic beer. I'm headed to the Belgian Beer Bar. ASAP!
Couscous! Nothing is better in couscous than dried currants, or dried cranberries or soemthing like that... makes it SO much better! throw in turkey sausage, mushrooms, onions and celery too, and mmm...
with currants, apricots, black and red plums, green, red and purple grapes some eggwhite and sugar you can make a fruit plate that looks like a carravaggio.
take groseilles, framboises, fraises des bois, cassis, mûres, myrtilles and put them in a gratin dish spread them with creme anglaise and top with coarse sugar. run it under the broiler and you have a gratin des fruits rouges.
I am in Paris for the summer and the best thing here is....red currant ice cream!
Chocolate and Zucchini's Clotilde on red currants here.