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["Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>]

Those currants are dried Zante grapes, ake currant grapes, aka champagne grapes.  No, they don’t make Champagne from them.  They’re very small, good-flavored grapes.   Small and dark, like black currants.  Maybe the marketers think they look like Champagne bubbles?  So dried Zante grapes are called currants, and dried currants are called – dried currants.

 

Stephen Sadler, Ph.D.

USDA 9, AHS heat zone 8,

Sacramento CA - Mediterranean climate

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Deb Schneider
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 6:56 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] citron

 

Having just made a fruitcake (panforte) after a lot of research and purchasing of ingredients online I discovered that what "citron" is a fruit (a citrus peel), candied lemon and orange peel are appropriate substitutions.  I also found that dried "currants" used in recipes like Hot Cross Buns are actually raisins.

 

deb