Blackcurrants

flufff · 12 July 2006 at 2:56PM

My two twig like bushes are covered in them......not enough I wouldnt of thought to make Jam.Obviously go off very quickly.....any ideas how to make best use of them please?

wigginsmum · 12 July 2006 at 3:24PM

Stew them with sugar and serve them over icecream or duck?

VickyM_2 · 12 July 2006 at 3:40PM

They make the best icecream or fool. For fool, cook them for about 10 minutes, add sugar to taste (they can be very tart or sweet), then sieve. Cool and add either double cream or yoghourt (again, it really depends on you just how much). Lovely... and to make ice-cream? do exactly the same then put in an ice-cream machine!

samh_2 · 12 July 2006 at 4:16PM

I've just made some ice-cream with mine - absolutely gorgeous!

Push 450g blackcurrants through a nylon (NOT metal) sieve with a wooden spoon into a bowl. Dissolve 175g sugar in 150ml water over a medium heat, stirring all the time, then bring to the boil and boil for 3 minutes. Stir the resulting syrup into the fruit pulp.

Whip 275ml double cream until it's just beginning to thicken then fold into the fruit and syrup mixture. At this point, if you have an ice-cream maker just tip it in, otherwise put it in a tupperware and freeze for 3 hours, then remove from the freezer, stir well to break up ice crystals, then put back in the freezer. Eat within 3 weeks.

You can also freeze the fruit by placing the berries on a baking tray in the freezer then putting the frozen berries into a bag later.

Enjoy!!

twink · 12 July 2006 at 4:55PM

i posted a blackcurrant sauce recipe in the recipe index today

flufff · 12 July 2006 at 5:31PM

I like the fool or icecream idea especially as its so hot......this way we get to all have some.Thankyou
Ironically I thought I had planted raspberries and gooseberries......for years I thought my gooseberries had a disease till I sussed they were blackcurrants.The packets must of got mixed up!

kazmeister · 7 July 2007 at 7:10PM

Hi

has anyone any suggestions (polite ones of course) as to what to do with a huge carrier bag of blackcurrants that OH has brought back from the allotment. I still have some in the freezer from last year I dont know what to do with.

Cheers
Kaz

lil_me · 7 July 2007 at 7:21PM

http://www.wfu.org.uk/Recipes/blackcurrants.htm
http://www.blackcurrantfoundation.co.uk/info.aspx?Id=245
http://www.gcaa.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pages/recipes.html

A few ideas, maybe blackcurrant jam? I love them with cheesecake, just got that taste which goes great with cheesecake.

sharon59 · 7 July 2007 at 8:06PM

I have been picking ours today as well-plan to do some jam tomorrow-use Delia Smith as its easy-or it was last year and jam was lovely!!also east to stew down and freeze ready for crumbles.

thriftlady_2 · 7 July 2007 at 8:43PM

I've made this recipe from my blackcurrant harvest http://www.marmiton.org/recettes/recette.cfm?num_recette=1644

A rough translation is

700g blackcurrants
5 gelatine leaves
250g sugar
125ml water
250g crème fraîche
50g icing sugar

Push the currants through a fine sieve to extract as much pulp as you can. A juicer or a mouli-legumes will do the job quickly.

Put the gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water to soak.

Heat the sugar and water to just boiling and stir until a clear syrup.

Add blackcurrant pulp and the soaked gelatine leaves one by one.

Allow to cool. Whisk crème fraîche with icing sugar and gently whisk into the currant mixture.

Chill for 24 hours.

Mine is chilling as I write, it is looking good.

Comerscroft · 8 July 2007 at 3:54AM

You are so........ooo lucky! I Read somewhere that blackcurrants are just the best for you, even better than blueberries. Most of the UK blackcurrants go to Ribena, so they are very expensive when they are available.

Enjoy your berries!

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