Recipes Featuring Currants
- Plum Pudding | 1 pound raisins
1 pound raisins
1 pound currants
1/2 pound citron
3 large carrots
1/2 pound suet, chop fine
2 cups dry bread crumbs
2 cups flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cloves
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 - Fruit Bread
2 cups milk
2 cakes yeast
1/2 tsp salt
4 Tbsp lard
4 Tbsp sugar
1 1/2 cups fruit, finely cut - raisins, currants, citron, dates, figs or prunelles
Flour
- Fruit Cake
3/4 cup raisins
3/4 cup currants
1/2 cup finely cut citron
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup milk
2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon a - Currant Jelly
Ripe currants
Refined sugar
- Hartford Pudding
1 cup breadcrumbs
1 cup chopped suet
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup flour, sifted
1 cup currants, washed & dried
1 cup milk
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 nutmeg, grated
- New Market Pudding
1 pint milk
Peel of half a lemon, cut thin
Stick of cinnamon
5 egg yolks
3 egg whites
White sugar
Thin slices of bread
Butter
Dried currants, washed & dried
Nutmeg, grated
Cinnamon
- Fruit Cake
1 pound sugar
1 pound butter
1 pound flour
10 eggs
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup sour milk
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 fruit juice
2 pounds raisins
2 pounds currants
1/2 pound dates
1/2 pound figs
1 t - Mince Meat | 2 cups currants
2 cups currants
2 cups raisins, seeded
2 cups brown sugar
3 cups beef suet, finely chopped
3 cups apples, chopped
1 cup citron, chopped
1 cup almonds, chopped
3 tsps mixed spices, ground
Rind - Coffee Cake | 2 cups sugar
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter
2 Tbsp molasses
1-1/4 cups cold coffee
3-3/4 cups flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp allspice
5 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup raisins
3/4 cup c - Fruit without Sugar for Winter Pies
Cherries, gooseberries, currants, blackberries, prunes & other small fruit
