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 Red Currants
© Denzil Green
Fresh Red Currants tend to be sold in punnets or small boxes with their stems and stalks still attached. Frozen ones will normally have stems and stalks removed.
The fruit is a favourite for jellies because of its tart flavour.
Cooking Tips
Wash by swishing in a bowl of water. Drain in a colander, remove stems. Some suggest using a fork to comb the berries off their stalks, but often it is just as easy to "comb" them through your fingers.
Nutrition
100g serving: 21 cals, 30 mg Vitamin C.
Some folk medicine practitioners say that Red Currant jelly is antiseptic, and if applied immediately can ease the pain of a burn and prevent the formation of blisters.
Equivalents
1 pound = 450g = 2 to 2 1/2 cups
4 oz = 115g = 3/4 cup
Storage
Store unwashed in a plastic bag in the fridge for up to 4 days. Freeze for up to 1 year.
Language Notes
Often spelled in a vaguely Germanic way as all one word, "Redcurrants".
Also called:  Ribes Rubrum (Scientific Name) Groseilles rouges (French) Rote Johannisbeeren (German) Ribes rossi (Italian) Grosellas rojas (Spanish)
See Also
Bar-Le-Duc Jelly, Currants, White Currants
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