Brambles

Amara

I've just picked up some fresh brambles from my garden. What can I do with them other then crumble?
Any ideas, please?

meritaten

apart from the usual crumble or tart or jam - stewed, the berries make a lovely addition to ice cream. use instead of strawberries to make an 'eton mess. (actually - I might do that next time grandkids sleepover - they would love making that).
fresh berries are lovely with your morning cereal too. personally I think that anything you can do with strawberries or raspberries you can do with blackberries (brambles).

Amara

Anyone, anything?

Amara

Thanks, Meritaten

meritaten

you are welcome hun - and I was coming back to say if you have an ice cream maker - make some plain vanilla Icecream, stew the berries and pass through a sieve, when the ice cream is nearly ready stir it through but not completely. Bramble ripple! or you can make a sorbet using the instructions for raspberry sorbet.

Tommelise

Had to look up brambles to find out it is the same as Black berries

There is lots of things you can do. We made this cake last year and it has become one of my favorite cakes:

http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Blackberry-and-Apple-Cake

Lots of other online recipes here:

http://www.eatyourbooks.com/library/recipes?q=blackberry&sort=average_rating+desc&online-recipes=true

thriftwizard

They make great jam, and also wine. Plus you can make slightly more exotic preserves like Blackberry Vinegar, which is excellent for sore throats & coughs in winter.

good_advice

Tonight Oh and I had berries and cream after dinner.
Blackberries and Raspberries from garden and strawberries YS fro Tesco.

I often have fruit for breakfast with a slice of toast on the side.

DD makes smoothies wile mum bakes apple and blackberry crumble with this free food.

That is providing we manage to pick the fruit before the mutt.
The little thefts favorite is raspberries.

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I love fresh blackberries mixed up with low fat value yoghurt instead of cream.I also like them scrunched up with my morning cereal and a little milk on top.Or even mixed in with porridge.I use almost any soft fruit as an addition to a meal.You can evenif you have enough make cordial from them and have with lots of ice cubes in the fridge for a cold drink on a warm day ,or delicious as a thick sauce on top of almost anything,sponge puding is niceI make an apple sponge pudding and slurp a dollop in with the apples before pouring the sponge mix on top.This time of the year foraging for freebie fruit is a must for us OS'ers

lollipopsarah

ooooooooooo just pick them, wash and dry them and sprinkle with a little sugar and put in a bowl and try to leave them alone - go on I dare you!
I love the wine idea or maybe bung in some cheap voddy and leave till xmas - hahahaha!
xx

ziggy2004

I am making cordial this year and will pur!e some with banana and freeze them in small portions so I can make smoothies with them.

If you have freezer space you can also freeze them on a sheet lined with baking paper and then once frozen tip them into a container.