Used
blackcurrants from the freezer.
Lovely I just used up the last of my frozen
blackcurrants from last year (they are literally still on the hob bubbling away with some freshly scavenged wild raspberries on their way to being jam!)
Not exact matches
This time it's
from Hannah of Corner Cottage Bakery who has given a savoury twist to this month's theme with her duck breast with red wine
blackcurrant and chocolate sauce using
blackcurrant jam.
Adapted
from a Peggy Porschen recipe, this was a chocolate cake with buttercream filling and topping using
blackcurrant jam.
Vikki
from Cake Fairy Blog was looking forward to using tart juicy, colourful
blackcurrants, but was also unable to source them.
Using a chocolate pastry recipe
from Chantel Coady, these chocolate jam tarts were filled with
blackcurrant jam.
This rich and indulgent torte like chocolate and
blackcurrant cake comes
from Jean of Baking in Franglais.
More mini cakes, this time
from Maggie of Kitchen Delights who produced these chocolate and
blackcurrant cupcakes.
I usually manage a small punnet
from my mother's
blackcurrants, but the birds got them all this year.
Jean managed to buy a punnet of fresh
blackcurrants on a visit to Cumber Park where they had been picked
from the garden that morning.
As with all our fruit and vegetable ingredients, the bag - in - box
blackcurrant juice concentrates are produced
from selected
blackcurrants which we purchase
from certified suppliers and cultivation partners.
Claire
from Under the Blue Gum Tree, who always wows me with her creative bakes, happened to have an old bottle of this
blackcurrant liqueur, which is just as well as fresh
blackcurrants probably don't even grow in South Africa, never mind in winter!
Blackcurrant Cheesecake
From Raw Forager, click here for the recipe.
Despite this, I've only made one recipe
from the book:
blackcurrant and white chocolate biscuits — until now that is.
If you are looking for more sweet treats for brunch, then how about these chocolate orange muffins, and these date flapjacks
from the Hedgecombers or these almond lemon waffles and vanilla buckwheat waffles or this
blackcurrant flapjack recipe or chocolate bouquet tutorial
from Foodie Quine, these gluten free brownies or tunisian orange cake
from Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary.
Produced
from berries, fruits and vegetables grown in Latvia, the range includes: candied cranberries,
blackcurrants, pumpkins, quinces and rhubarb.
, and the pretty magenta color comes
from blackcurrant and black carrot juice concentrate, not Red 40.
If you can't get
blackcurrants, I included some alternatives to choose
from at the end of this post: --RRB-
Blackcurrant seed oil is used in many different cosmetic products in combination with vitamin E.
Blackcurrant's leaves produce a yellow dye, while a blue or violet dye is extracted
from the berries.
Blackcurrant berries are rich in phenolic acids - mainly anthocyanins - that can protect the body
from inflammation of heart disease, infections, and neurological disorders.
Cranberry Jezebel Sauce gets its sweetness
from both granulated and dark brown sugar, tartness comes
from the whole cranberries, the sassy flavor comes
from Bee Sting Irish Whiskey, fruity flavor
from seedless
blackcurrant preserves and last but not lest, the spiciness comes
from the prepared horseradish and Dijon mustard.
One more product
from Aster + Bay, yet this time to focus on a bigger picture — Glow Body Serum with
blackcurrant and jasmine.