The Field Guideby Moss & MarrowThe Field Guideby Moss & Marrow
Also called rode bessen, zwarte bessen, aalbessen, witte bessen.
In the Netherlands, redcurrants & blackcurrants are in season July to September, at their best in July. November is outside the Dutch season for redcurrants & blackcurrants.
Red, white and black currants ripen in July and August.
Full strings with no split berries.
Vitamin C, especially blackcurrants, which have about four times the vitamin C of oranges by weight, plus anthocyanins and fibre.
To get the most: Raw or lightly cooked. Blackcurrant jam keeps a surprising amount of vitamin C because the acidity protects it.
Content per NEVO, the Dutch food composition database. This describes what the food contains, not what it does for you.
Strip from the strings with a fork. Redcurrants make a clear jelly; blackcurrants want cooking and sugar.
Strings and all go into the pan for jelly; the sieve takes out the rest. Leaves can flavour a pickle.
18 producers in The Field Guide sell redcurrants & blackcurrants, according to their own website or shop list, each checked against our inclusion criteria and listed by province. Another 164 growers passed our bar for this food group; we have not yet recorded what each of them grows, so ask them or search the map.
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