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
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