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Currant Jelly

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France

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

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. five pounds of juice
  2. four pounds of currants
  3. Sugar
  4. one pound of raspberries
Contains Sulphites Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

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.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Take four pounds of currants and one pound of raspberries.
  2. Put them into a cloth, and press the juice out.
  3. Put this into a pan, with foujr pounds of sugar.
  4. Let it boil, and remove the scum.
  5. It will be done in half an hour.
  6. Put the jelly into pots, and when it is cold cover it with paper and bladder.
  7. CURRANT jelly—Second Receipt.
  8. Take currants — two parts red and one white.
  9. Mash them up« Crush them and pass them through a sieve, and then through a cloth, twisting it so €W to press out the juice.
  10. Let it stand for twenty-four hours.
  11. Drain it off, leaving the thick part at the bottom.
  12. Put the juice into a pan, with half its weight * in sugar.
  13. Boil it over a quick fire for a quarter of an hour.
  14. Kemove the scum carefally, and add raspberries, whole, in the proportion of one pound of raspberries to five pounds of juice.
  15. Filter the jelly, and put it in pots.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Sieve
  • Colander