redcurrant jelly

English

Noun

redcurrant jelly (plural redcurrant jellies)

  1. A type of jelly (fruit preserve) traditionally served with lamb in the U.K., which is a notable exception to the usual U.K practice of describing fruit preserves as jam
    • 1823, Radcliffe, M. (1823). A Modern System of Domestic Cookery, Or, The Housekeeper's Guide. Arranged on the Most Economical Plan for Private Families. Containing the Most Approved Directions for Purchasing, Preserving and Cooking Butcher's Meat, Fish, Poultry, and Game ... a Complete Family Physician, and Instructions to Female Servants in Every Situation ... To which are Added, as an Appendix, Some Valuable Instructions on the Management of the Kitchen and Fruit Gardens. United Kingdom: J. Gleave., p.64
      “When it is hot, put in some lumps of red currant jelly···”
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