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currant

[ UK /kˈʌɹənt/ ]
NOUN
  1. any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
  2. any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
  3. small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking

How To Use currant In A Sentence

  • Ballymaloe take a more seasonal approach to things by using redcurrant rather than lemon juice, made by simmering a couple of punnets of the astringent little fruits with water, and then pushing them through a sieve. How to make perfect strawberry jam
  • Barmbrack (currant tea bread) is a celebration of chestnuts and walnut harvests. Times, Sunday Times
  • Biscuit base filled with lemon scented Ilalian ricotta cheese, decorated with strawberries and red currants.
  • Enjoy this jolly, spritzy, grapey, flowering currant and passion fruit-scented rosé well chilled. Times, Sunday Times
  • When the currants start to burst and flood the pan with colour, tip in the loganberries or raspberries.
  • Stir in the suet, sugar, currants and lemon zest. Times, Sunday Times
  • The white bordered by the red currant is also down the side of the chest of the shirt. Archive 2009-09-01
  • Grill skewers of lemon-and-thyme-marinated lamb, and then serve them atop a garlicky Sardinian couscous full of cauliflower, currants, and pine nuts.
  • The shirt is complemented by anthracite grey shorts, and white socks with redcurrant pinstripes and an anthracite band with Arsenal printed on the calf. Archive 2009-09-01
  • Blindfolded, I don't believe I could have told, but from inspection I think it contained apple, gooseberry and blackcurrant.
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