blackberry picking

punkrock06

love all the ideas guys might go picking 2mor, im on hol at de mo so want to makeloads of things n freeze them etc for later, def going to make the icecream and the gin and vokia sound interesting:L:L

miss_corerupted

they are still green here. managed to get 2 on friday not 2lbs mind 2!! blackberries

Larumbelle

I have got so many I keep filling my freezer and having to use them up!

So far I have got wine on the go, three gallons are ready for their second rack and three had their first rack yesterday. I've made 4lb jam, and 4 bottles of cordial, which is so delicious we have already drank 2 bottles!

I'm desperate for my apples to be ready now, so I can try the blackberry and apple leather in the river cottage book, as well as crumbles and chutney.

billieboy_2

I'm making the blackberry and apple jelly from the RC book as we speak. The fruit is dripping through the jelly bag and is on one drip every five seconds at the moment! First time I've made jelly for donkey's years :rotfl: :rotfl: . Will have to go blackberry picking again as I'm running out. What's a good recipe for blackberry wine and is it a faff to make?

littlelibrarylass

i send dh and dd out to blackberry for me as i hate creepy crawlies.
2cats1kid-blackberry oat bars sound lovely , any chance of the recipe please?

dh knows all the good blackberrying spots nearby and we have just started geocaching so hoping to discover some more.
LLL

2cats1kid

Blackberry oat bars recipe is here
http://www.asda-recipes.co.uk/recipe/867.html
I can't take the credit though, as I saw it in a post by Sunnyday!

2cats1kid

billieboy wrote: »

What's a good recipe for blackberry wine and is it a faff to make?

I've used this recipe
http://www.hopshopuk.com/recipes/blackberry.html
except with about half the grape juice concentrate as I only had one small tin, and also made some more only with about 250g of raisins in the must instead of the grape juice. I've racked them both recently and they taste pretty similar, but the colour of the one with the juice in is just amazing - a real blackberry colour - rather than the other one which is red. They are both maturing for a few months now, but I have high hopes of them.

ShelBell

well the blackberry vodka is bottled and steeping. Had to get hubby to sort out the berries after soaking in vinegar as bugs are not my thing. He is not a happy hubby.

Valli

Just been shown this thread from the jam thread - I have 10 and a half jars of Bramble jelly from 3 ice cream tubs of blackberries.
Used apples for the pectin - smells delicious! Kitchen looks a mess though (don't tell the flyladies)

Gangstabird

What a lovely thread, we pick 3lbs yesterday and I have just put them in a fermenting bin. 3lbs is enough to make dry blackberry wine. If anyone wants a simple old recipe from the Boots winemaking book 1978:eek: , just ask.

Am I going back, hell yes, just from reading this thread, this place is a country park with walks all over and there are literally 1000's of the blighters. Our only problem was the kids, the 1 year old hated the buggy and the 4 year old got very fed up very very quickly. We told them to shuddup and carried on:D

I want to make jam, and the vodka as pressies. Will do some ice cream as well, it sounds devine.

I second taking a walking stick, we would have fared much better with one as the biggies are on the top.

We will also go to the woods a bit later on in Sept, as they haven't had the sun. Can't wait.:T