What to do with currants?
These currants can be put in scones too. I like to make an awesome sauce, kind of like the cranberry sauce eaten during Thanksgiving, and use it on meats. Also delicious in tarts and pretty on top of cupcakes. At the farmer’s market the general consensus is that most people use them for preserves. I honestly eat them raw most of the time though…I like sour things. Next time they are in season in Illinois I am planning on making cakes. They look amazing. BTW one of the reasons Americans aren’t so familiar with currants and what to do with them is because they were once banned in many areas because they were blamed for spreading a tree disease. Zante currants, which aren’t even currants at all, started being used instead.
