Baking and Recipes

• For recipes, particularly baked goods, that call for currant jelly, substitute Concord grape jelly or apple jelly plus a dash of lemon juice for tartness. You can also try substituting seedless raspberry jelly, cranberry sauce or relish or, for black currant jelly, seedless blackberry jelly.

Currants With Lamb

• Red currant jelly is a traditional accompaniment to or component of lamb dishes in British cooking. In this case you can substitute pomegranate molasses when glazing the meat. As a condiment, try offering cranberry sauce instead.