Recipes Featuring Currants
- Baked Eggplant
1 large eggplant
1/2 pound fresh mushrooms
1 cup grated bread crumbs
1 small grated onion
1 handful currants
Cream
Melted butter
- Mince-Meat Pies
Tongue
3 pounds of fresh beef suet
3 pounds of apples
1 pound of jar raisins
4 pounds of currants
1 pound of white sugar
1/2 ounce of mace
1 1/4 ounce each of nutmeg
Cloves
Cinnamon
3 half-p - Suet Pudding with Brandy Sauce
1 pound beef suet, chopped
1 pound flour
1 pound bread crumbs
3 eggs
1 pint molasses
1/2 pint milk
1 teaspoon soda
1 pound brown sugar
1/4 ounce salt
1 pound currants, cleaned
1 pound raisin - Currant Pie
1 cup currants
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoons water
- Plain Fruit Cake | 1 cup brown sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup molasses
1/2 tsp baking soda, dissolved in 1 Tbsp boiling water
1 cup raisins, seeded & cut in halves
1 cup currants
1 cup strong black - Coffee Cake | 1 cup butter
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup molasses
4 cups flour
1 cup cold, strong coffee
1 tsp baking soda, dissolved in a spoonful of hot water
2 tsp cream of tartar
4 eggs
1 tsp cloves
1-1/2 tsp cinn - White Fruit Cake | 2 cups sugar
2 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cups butter
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sweet milk
3 handfuls currants - Frozen Pudding | 40 blanched almonds, finely pounded
40 blanched almonds, finely pounded
1 ounce citron, cut in small squares
2 ounces currants
2 ounces raisins, stoned & divided
8 Tbsps wine
1 pint milk
8 egg yolks
1 lb white sugar
1 pint water - Black Cake | 1 lb butter
1 lb butter
1-1/2 lbs sugar
1 Tbsp brandy
1-1/2 lbs flour
10 eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately very light
4 ounces cream
4 ounces molasses
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
- Christmas Pudding | 1 cup finely chopped suet
1 cup finely chopped suet
1 cup seeded raisins
1 egg
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup Zante Currants
1 cup molasses
1 even teaspoon salt
1 even teaspoon soda
Cinnamon and allspice to season
