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Currant Julep

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Canada

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

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. Currants
  2. a pound of sugar
  3. Grapefruit
  4. one quart of water
  5. three tablespoons of sugar syrup
  6. a tablespoon of preserved ginger
Contains Sulphites Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Grapefruit High in vitamin C

    High in vitamin C · 38 mg per 100 g, 48% 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

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Grapefruit, 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.

  • Hot sugar. Hot sugar sticks to skin and burns far hotter than boiling water: don't touch or taste it. Keep a bowl of cold water close, and keep children away while it cooks.

Method

  1. L.
  2. Simpson Crush a box of washed and stemmed currants into half a pound of sugar.
  3. Add to this two grapefruit from which the seeds and pulp have been removed, a tablespoon of preserved ginger, one quart of water, and three tablespoons of sugar syrup.
  4. Pour over cracked ice, and serve with cinnamon toast.

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