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Bar-le-Duc jelly recipe?

Aug 03, 2004 15:45

I know I have a recipe for Bar-le-Duc jelly in one of my cookbooks, but now that I have an extra litre of currants, do you think I can find it? I've combed through all my canning books, the Larousse Gastronomique, and even - in desperation - Chateau Cuisine. Does anyone have a good recipe, or for that matter, any recipe for it? Thanks in advance!

recipes - jams and jellies - berries

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I found two... anais2 August 3 2004, 15:02:09 UTC

Bar-le-duc Currants Recipe

Take currants of large size, one by one, and with tiny embroidery scissors carefully cut the skin on one side, making a slit of perhaps one-fourth an inch. Through this, with a sharp needle, remove the seeds, one at a time, to preserve the shape of the fruit. Take the weight of the fruit in strained honey, and when hot, add the prepared fruit. Let simmer three or four minutes. Carefully skim out the fruit. Reduce the syrup, at a gentle simmer, to the desired consistency. Pour over the fruit. Then store as jelly.

OR

Bar-le-Duc (currant) Jelly

1 quart currants
1/3 cup water
1 lb. sugar

Wash and pick over the currants. Drain and
put into a saucepan with the water. Cook for
several minutes until the fruit is tender.
Add the sugar and continue cooking until the
syrup jells. Pour into hot jars and seal.

Mmm, lucky you, with currants!

Re: I found two... urban_homestead August 3 2004, 19:53:58 UTC

Thank you so much! The first one looks like the one I remember, so I used that. Well, sort of... I got tired of deseeding a litre of currants pretty darn fast! So more than half of the pips are still in. Still, I think it will be very nice. My whole house smells of beeswax and currants now. Thanks again!

Re: I found two... jonquil August 10 2004, 17:24:29 UTC

Lovely.

I can only buy currants by the half-pint and they're outrageously expensive, so my currant confections will continue to be storebought.

Re: I found two... urban_homestead August 11 2004, 08:33:38 UTC

I empathise... I was never able to fully indulge my love for currants until I got some currant shrubs for my garden! Now I'm in the wonderful position of running out of new ways to eat them.

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