redcurrants!

[Mentalpatient]

I went for a walk in my local patch of wilderness today, and found a redcurrant bush on the way back... it seems it has self-seeded and has a fair few berries on it...

I was just wondering what goes well with redcurrants? flavour wise
and if anyone has a favourite food/drink that uses them?

meanwhile, I will trudge through 4 Delia Smith books, 2 Nigella Lawson books and a Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall book!
(time for a ray mears cookbook for the shelf!)

 

[pwb]

Red currant jelly goes great with Venison... mmmm.
They also make a great wine too .

 

[Mentalpatient]

not much venison round here in the butchers, but red currant jelly sounds good...
but the wine sounds better!
thanks for the inspiration

Will

 

[Rebel]

You can also make cordial with it, same as you might make with blackcurrants.

 

[Mentalpatient]

ahh, my parents might appreciate the cordial better, thank you
time to raid google for recipes!

thanks

Will

 

[Rebel]

Sorry I should have provided you with this link for a cordial recipe.

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=423274

 

[colly]

i've made redcurrent moose and icecream both are very nice just make sure you remove the pips.

 

[Mentalpatient]

ahh thanks Rebel for the cordial link... I will try that

as for mousse... that is a good idea, I will see how many I have spare.
as for Ice-cream, my freezer is packed full of raspberry and tayberry ice-creams!

gonna pick 'em tomorrow and make it early,
then I can give some as a taster for friends when we go out for a meal + film at lunch!
(oh what it is to be a Uni student in holidays! well a gap year for me at least!)

 

[Bushwhacker]

They'll go nicely with duck if you can't get venison.

 

[Shambling Shaman]

Red currant jelly goes great with Venison.

Very true, and we have lots of venison around here, but my redcurrant bushes came to nothing this year

 

[Mentalpatient]

Well,
I got to the berries yesterday, and this morning I made some cordial

200g of redcurrants made about a jam jar full of cordial
140g of sugar and 1/4 pint of water

the recipe was based on the one Rebel gave a link to

and it came out really well...
not too sweet or sour, and there is still some left!
the only problem is it did have a slightly odd aftertaste, which I think is due to the pips...

I think this recipe is going in my recipe book in the kitchen!

thanks for all the help, hopefully I can try redcurrant jelly and mousse next year!

Will

 

[Mang]

I took my kids to a wood near the Chilterns and thought I'd found some Redcurrant bushes...not the clearest pic though...(is it?)

No fruit but found loads of raspberries to make up for it!

 

[Mentalpatient]

the leaves look similar, but I wouldn't say for definite...
maybe someone else can give a positive ID

maybe if you note it's location, next year it will have the berries on it and you can tell for sure

glad you found the raspberries!