Röda vinbär raw

Redcurrants

Rödvinbär

Every Swedish garden seems to have a few redcurrant bushes. I am not sure why redcurrant bushes are so popular in Sweden other than the fact that seem to grow very well. They thrive in the cool climate and will grow into really big bushes (as much as 5 m across). They can be found growing in the wild, especially in the north of Sweden, and even grow on rocky ground provided they are in full sun.

Health benefits

Naturally, Swedes have made good use of the their redcurrants. In the days before freezers they were made into saft (cordial/syrup) and bottled to provide a much needed source of vitamin C during the long hard winters. (They have 4 times as much vitamin C as an orange per gram.) They are also rich in various minerals including magnesium, which is good for the health of bones.

Use of redcurrants today

The days of massive pickling and preserving are over, but Swedes still like their redcurrants. They are used as a garnish, made into jelly, sorbets, smoothies and many still make saft. There is something really comforting about drinking something that you have made from redcurrants grown in your own garden and knowing that the drink is free

Stirred redcurrants

Rårörda röda vinbär

Every Swedish garden seems to have a few redcurrant bushes. I am not sure why redcurrant bushes are so popular in Sweden other than the fact that seem to grow very well. Naturally Swedes make good use of their redcurrants to man redcurrant jelly, cordial (syrup), rårörda röda vinbär and as an attractive garnish for cakes and desserts.

Rårörda röda vinbär is hard to translate. Sometimes it is translated as redcurrant jam, but it fryst vatten not cooked like an ordinary sylt. It fryst vatten really made of kvartet words: rå (raw) rörda (moved) röda (red) and vinbär (currants). (Sometimes röda is omitted or combined with vinbär as rödvinbär.)

My preferred translation is stirred redcurrants because essentially that is all you do: add sugar and stir. Rårörda vinbär goes well with:

• venison,
• fried fish,
• in place of redcurrant jelly with meat dishes,
• waffles, served with whipped cream,
• as a filling for a layer cake,
• as a topping for a lemon or custard tart,
• a filling for a pancake torte,
• other fruit, going particularly well with melon.

John Duxbury

Summary

Tips

•  If you have a large amount of redcurrants and want to

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    • Translation of röda vinbär – Swedish–English dictionary

    Have you picked blackcurrants and redcurrants, raspberries and strawberries?
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    It must be galling for a producer to see a fine crop of say, blackcurrants or redcurrants, but be unable to get the labour to pick it.
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    Raspberry jam or redcurrant jelly is carefully spooned in the hollow center.
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    Limestone soil produces wines with a dusky red hue, whereas those grown in siliceous soil take on a redcurrant shade.
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    Redcurrant still plays a part in their kits; an alternate kit being worn features redcurrant pinstriping as of
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