These are dried, dark-red, seedless grapes often referred to as the Black Corinth grape. As they dry, these grapes transform into a black, shriveled, sweet, flavor-packed fruit.

Well, fresh currants are small white, black or red berries about the size of peas. Surprisingly the dried fruits labeled as currants are not actually currants—they're made from grapes!

Like Wall Street bankers and Chinese Internet censors, currants have an image problem. Are they berries? Are they raisins? Are they red or black? Are they edible fresh? Consider this their ...

Though raisins, sultanas and currants are all types of dried fruit, ... The term “currant” also applies to berries of the gooseberry family, such as red currant and black currant.

Red currants are good in jellies, syrup and wine. Photo by Sara Williams / Supplied photo. Article content. Red and white currants are smaller than black currants and formed in long trusses.

A fruit grower in Zeeland is inviting people to pick his red currants for (almost) free because he can’t find buyers for the crop. Marinus Vermue also grows black currants on his land near ...

Volunteer Amber Agnew doles out currants during test taste at the first annual Far North Currant Festival at the Georgeson Botanical Gardens on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023.

Turn the currants onto a paper towel-lined plate and pat dry; set aside. In a 2-cup liquid measuring cup or small bowl, whisk the buttermilk, whole egg, egg yolk, golden syrup and orange zest.

She was fanatic about them, currant jelly specifically. But I didn’t really appreciate them until later in life when I took a berry class from Pat Holloway. Importantly, I learned to identify them.