Raisin
Used in 6 recipes on RecipeWiki.
Raisins are dried grapes, sweet and chewy with a concentrated, slightly caramel and winey flavour. This page also covers the unsulphured kind some recipes ask for: some raisins, especially pale golden ones, are treated with sulphites to keep their colour, and choosing unsulphured fruit avoids a sulphite allergen declaration. They are a feature of Russian Easter baking, studding the tall, sweet bread of Kulich, and a few dropped into bottles of homemade Kvass help the fermentation along. Soak them in warm water, tea or rum for fifteen minutes before baking, so they plump up and do not draw moisture from the dough.
Most often cooked with
Sugar
Butter
Egg
Vanilla
Blanched almond
Cream
Garlic
LemonRecipes with raisin
Kulich
Tall enriched Easter bread coloured with saffron and studded with raisins, finished with a white glaze that runs down the sides.
Bread
Russian
Vegetarian
Kvass
A lightly fermented drink made from dried dark rye bread, sugar and yeast, sour and faintly sweet.
Vegan
Malai Kofta
Potato and paneer dumplings fried until crisp, sitting in a mild cashew and tomato sauce enriched with cream.
Curries
Indian
Potatoes
Mole Poblano
A long, dark sauce of toasted chillies, nuts, seeds, spices and a little chocolate, poured over turkey or chicken.
Chicken
Mexican
Sauces
Paskha
Sweetened curd cheese beaten with butter, egg yolks and candied fruit, then drained overnight in a pyramid mould.
Desserts
Zapekanka
Curd cheese baked with semolina, egg and raisins into a light set pudding, eaten warm with soured cream.
Breakfast