Recipes Featuring Currants
- Christmas Cookies | 1 quart molasses
1 quart molasses
1 pint sour cream
1 pound each light brown sugar, raisins, currants
3 tablespoons melted lard
1/4 pound each of citron, lemon peel, orange peel, almonds
1 teaspoon each of allspi - Macedonian Jelly
2 ounces of gelatine
3 pints of cold water
2 lemons
Sugar
Zante currants
Seeded Raisins
Stone dates - Red Currant Pudding
Red currants & raspberries
Sugar
Slices of bread
- BreadSauce
Bread crumbs
Plums
Dried currants
Melted butter, or cream - English Fruit Cake
2 ounces candied orange peel
2 ounces candied lemon peel
1 pound pitted dates, cut
1 pound dried currants
1 pound seeded raisins, chopped
1/2 pound nuts, cut
1/2 pound flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
- Hermits | 1 cup butter
1 cup butter
2-3 cup sugar
2 eggs
10 tablespoons milk
1 1/2 cups flour
1 large cup raisins
1 large cup currants
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 1 - Queen's Cake | 1 lb white sugar
1 lb white sugar
1 lb flour
3/4 lb butter
1 lb raisins, stoned
1/2 lb currants, washed & dried
1/4 lb citron, cut in little pieces
4 Tbsp brandy
4 Tbsp wine
4 Tbsp cream
6 eggs, whites & yolk - Dark Fruit Cake | 1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
3/4 cup currants
1/2 cup citron, thinly sliced and cut in strips
1/2 cup molasses
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 cups flour
- English Plum Pudding | 2 pounds suet
2 pounds suet
1 pound currants
2 pounds raisins
1/2 pound citron
1 pound sugar
2 nutmegs
3 spoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
8 eggs
Pinch of salt
Flour - Fruit Pudding | 1 1/2 cups stale bread crumbs
1 1/2 cups stale bread crumbs
2-3 cup brown sugar
2-3 cup suet
1/2 cup each molasses and currants
1 cup sour milk
1 1/2 cups flour
1 egg
1 cup raisins
1 teaspoon each soda, salt
1/2 teaspoon
