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Currant Jelly

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France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. 8 lbs. of currants
  2. 10 oz. of lump sugar
  3. Brandy
  4. 1 quart of water
  5. 2 lbs. of raspberries
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Raspberry High in vitamin C · High in manganese

    High in vitamin C · 26 mg per 100 g, 33% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    High in manganese · 0.7 mg per 100 g, 34% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Manganese contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    • Manganese contributes to the normal formation of connective tissue.
    1 more authorised claims
    • Manganese contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Manganese is a mineral that your body needs to stay healthy. Your body uses manganese to make energy and protect your cells from damage. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Raspberries, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Take 8 lbs.
  2. of currants, half red and half white, and 2 lbs.
  3. of raspberries ;
  4. put them in a preserving pan with 1 quart of water, to boil for eight minutes on a sharp fire, stirring with the skimmer to prevent the fruit adhering to the pan;
  5. put a hair sieve over a large basin, and pour the fruit in it;
  6. press it well, to make all the liquor pass through;
  7. then weigh the currant juice, and for every pound of juice add 10 oz.
  8. of lump sugar ;
  9. put the juice and sugar back in the pan on the fire, and when the sugar is melted, strain the syrup through a silk sieve;
  10. then boil the syrup in two parts on a brisk fire;
  11. when it marks 28° on the syrup gauge, it is done;
  12. pour it in pots, and when cold, cover these, first, with a round of paper dipped in brandy, and laid on the top of the jelly, and, then, with a round of paper tied round the top of the pots with string.
  13. Keep the preserve in a dry, cool place.
  14. Observation —Currant jelly is improved, both in colour and brillancy, by being boiled in small quantities.
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Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
  • Slotted spoon
  • Sieve