Blackberries

furrypig

Hi

I posted a thread about frozen fruit on here and got lots of replies about blackberries. I also found the bbc good food site helpful and made the blackberry and apple tray bake as suggested by someone on the thread i posted it is yummy!

cocalls

ohh thank you i had a look at that and make a fruit cobbler thingy (not sure if that's the right name for it TBH as i think its more like pancake mixture over fruit thingy!)

furrypig

I have just made my first ever chutney with 1 kg of blackberries we picked today! Hope it turns out ok!!

It was from the bbc good food site.

cocalls

Thank you for this the BBC goodfood website has loads of ideas and cheers for the idea about chuctney. Although my lack of cooking skills prevent me from actually havin a go i did heat some blackberries up and add them to some tesco value stuff we had which just tasted for pure vinegar so now it tastes more palitable at least!

Poet_2

i picked a load from the country lanes in my area and made some gorgeous jam in my breadmaker, so easy!

300g blackberries
300g jam sugar
3 tablespoons lemon juice

delish.

I've also just made some blackberry oaty bars, the recipe came in the free Asda mag that you get by the til. I made them yesterday and put them in the fridge and just tried them now and they are TO DIE FOR!!!!! don't eat them til the following day though as they are 100 times better the next day.

get a square tin, about 17cm by 25cm, grease it or if non stick then line and grease.

225g plain flour
200g porridge oats
250g butter, chilled
175g caster sugar
100g pecans (I used almonds though as that's all I had in the cupboard and they turned out gorgeous)
300g blackberries

preheat oven to 170/180c (fan oven)
put the flour oats and butter (chopped into small squares) into a big bowl and rub together then stir in the sugar and nuts.

spread 2/3 of mixture into tin and press down gently, then spread the blackberries evenly over the mixture, then pur the rest of the mixture on top and press down lightly. Stick it in the oven for about 40 mins then mark out into squares but leave til completely cold before removing from tin.

Best served after being in the fridge overnight night, OMG are they gorgeous, really moist and tasty!!!!!!!! :0)


p.s. i offered the guy next door a slice but he has a nut allergy however he gave me some pears from his tree just now, so i might give him a jar of jam instead.
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Buffy_the_Vampire_Bat

*Drools at Poet's recipe* Yum!

cocalls

sounds lovely thanks

curlywurlygirly

I actually made two huge crumbles last nite:D

Keep meaning to make blackberry wine, but every season I seem to be rushed off my feet...

Poet_2

i forgot to say, grab a copy of the Asda mag this week/month? there's several blackberry recipes in it, am going to try the autumn pud one next (like summer pud but with just blackberries and apple)

Poet_2

pps, my original post should say line and grease the tin if it's NOT non stick- doh!