6 sweet, spiced and unexpected recipes for raisins, whether you love or loathe them
Picadillo. Sweet raisins add a lovely offset to briny olives, ground beef, spices and tomato. Need a vegan version of this dish? Click here.
Mango Chutney. Some folks on the fence about raisins find golden raisins easier to love. And they’re beyond easy to love with tart-sweet mango, cranberries, some spice-heat and vinegar zing in this flavorful condiment.
Mary Berry’s Orange Tea Bread. Becky Krystal loves raisins and Mary Berry, and she gets both in this tea bread. If you make it, you can too. Soak raisins and currants (or all raisins!) in hot tea so they rehydrate slightly and absorb tea flavors.
Fruit and Nut Energy Bars. Ellie Krieger needed to develop a homemade energy bar after finding the store-bought ones “too sweet, too pasty, too artificial-tasting.” These rely on raisins, dried apricots and dates for gentle sweetness and plenty of nuts and seeds.
