Peanut-free! Frogs and Haystacks is another name for these chocolate macaroons that don’t require baking. These were passed down to me by my mother, who has been making them since before I was born. There are several types of no-bake cookies, but I prefer these. Keep cool and sealed while storing. These are freezable.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 1 cups |
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- ½ cup minced onion
- ⅓ cup red wine
- 1 cup black currant jelly
- 2 oranges, zested and juiced
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon mustard powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat vegetable oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onions in the hot oil, until nearly dark brown, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Pour wine into the saucepan, bring to a simmer and cook until reduced by half, about 1 minute; remove pan from heat.
- Stir currant jelly, orange juice, orange zest, lemon zest, lemon juice, brown sugar, black pepper, mustard powder, ginger, cayenne pepper, and salt into onion mixture until combined.
- Bring sauce to a boil; remove from heat.
Reviews
I have made this three Christmases in a row using whole cranberry sauce instead ( because black currant sauce isn’t available to me ). I love it with cold turkey and ham!
Tastes exactly how I remember from my childhood. Great flavor and a nice accompaniment to poultry dish. Yum.
A journey of flavour! My family and I loved it.
I used this sauce successfully beside sauteed medallions of venison loin.