161 currant recipes

These homemade biscotti will impress everyone, it is good for a breakfast or snack, with a cup of coffee or tea.

This Christmas pudding has plenty of delicious fruit and nuts, but it's really simple to make - just plan ahead and then make the warm vanilla-bean custard on the day.

Eccles cakes pack currants, mixed peel and warming spice inside flaky rough puff pastry, glazed with milk and crunchy caster sugar. Classic Lancashire teatime pastry from northwest England.

Company ham sauce turns the drippings from a baked ham into an elegant sweet-savory sauce, thickened with cornstarch and layered with currant jelly, Dijon, sherry, and plump currants. The finishing touch your holiday ham deserves.

Calamaria Gemista: traditional Greek stuffed squid filled with rice, pine nuts, currants, and fresh herbs, then slow-simmered in wine and tomatoes until fork-tender.

Traditional German Rumtopf: a layered preserve of summer fruits, sugar, and rum that builds up over the season and matures into a boozy Christmas dessert by winter.

Sweet and tangy corned beef glaze made with currant jelly, mustard, and horseradish. Three ingredients that transform leftover corned beef into a glazed showpiece.

Hunter's buns made with pastry dough kneaded with currants and brushed with milk before baking. A simple British-style tea bun that can be filled with jam for a sweeter treat.

Spiced porridge cooked in milk with cinnamon, currants or raisins, and large flake oats. A warm, creamy breakfast ready in under 10 minutes on the stovetop.

Microwave glazed chicken legs over a bed of cornbread stuffing, brushed with a sweet currant jelly glaze. A complete chicken dinner ready in about 30 minutes.

Homemade meatless mincemeat with green tomatoes, tart apples, raisins, currants, and warm spices. Heritage holiday filling for pies and tarts. Freezes for months.

Fruktsoppa is a traditional Swedish fruit soup with dried apricots, prunes, raisins, currants, and fresh apple simmered with cinnamon and thickened with tapioca. Served chilled as a light dessert.

Whole apples stuffed with brown sugar, pecans, and currants, wrapped in foil and baked right in the campfire coals. A rustic outdoor dessert ready in 25 minutes.

Three classic venison sauces: a sharp champagne vinegar sauce, a sweet currant jelly and wine sauce, and a rich pan gravy with walnut pickle. Also pairs with hare or mutton.

Quick summer fruit saute with peaches, dark plums, and raspberries in a buttery currant jelly glaze. Served warm over frozen yogurt for a 15-minute seasonal dessert.

Quick beef stir-fry with currant jelly, Dijon mustard, and frozen mixed vegetables. A sweet-savory weeknight dinner in one skillet, ready in 40 minutes.