Blackberries
Clarington
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My blackberry hedges are now producing a measuring jug of fresh ripe fruit every few days. Unlike the tomato harvest these are actually managing to make it back to the kitchen.
Which brings on the question; what can I do with them?
I have them sprinkled across my cereal, I have made ice cream with them (yet to be tested), I'm about to make coulis with them (freezes well in muffin trays for small portions and is great on duck or pancakes)... but the harvest just keeps coming!
Any suggestions on meals we can make with blackberries? I like the idea of things we can freeze for those cold bitter windy days (like yesterday!!)
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Freeze them in portions to make apple and blackberry crumble or pie, sauce for duck or lamb, eat them fresh or compoted with ice cream, pavlova or yogurt, cakes and muffins. Some ideas here - https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/search/recipes?query=blackberries and no doubt more on BBC Food.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
As Obelixx says. The GF site also has recipes for some v. good cakes. Blackberries freeze really well so you can enjoy the taste of summer even in winter.
Thanks both. I use the GF website a lot as a base fur my own experiments but when trying to find something different it's always more fun to use a tried and tested receipe rather than a Google search.
There must be so many grandma's receipes lost because we just turn to the internet now
No, a lot just get posted on the net by people who became chefs or cookery writers because of grandma's cooking. No cooky grandmas in my life so I got it all from books and have always liked experimenting. The net does make it so much easier to find ways to use a given ingredient.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw