redcurrant jelly

noun

A type of jelly (fruit preserve) made with redcurrants, traditionally served with lamb in the United Kingdom.

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Meanings

nounredcurrant jelly (countable and uncountable, plural redcurrant jellies)

plural redcurrant jellies

  1. countableuncountableA type of jelly (fruit preserve) made with redcurrants, traditionally served with lamb in the United Kingdom.

    When it is hot, put in some lumps of red currant jelly···

    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
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