The best blackberry jam recipe
I lurve blackberry jam, for me it’s a definite preferred alternative to strawberry which often tastes too bland. And like Rosie (the heroine in my novel, Woman on the Edge of Reality) I love to pick my own blackberries. I also pick sloes and elderberries too and have recipes for sloe gin and elderberry cordial as well if you like.
This recipe is easy peasy and needs no complicated ingredients like pectin either, I add a little ginger to the mix to give a bit of oomph too.
Ingredients
1kg blackberries – wild ones if you’ve got them as they taste so much better
1kg caster sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
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Source: The Hysterectomy Association - March 21, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Life Happiness Source Type: news
Making Elderberry Cordial
These ingredients make around 1 pint of cordial
2lbs caster sugar
1 pint boiling water
1 lemon, zested then sliced
1 1/4 oz of citric acid.
25 elderberry heads.
Wash and drain the elderberry heads before removing the berries and putting in a sauce pan.
Add the sugar and boiling water and put over a medium heat. Stir continuously until all the sugar has dissolved in the simmering water then add the citric acid and lemon zest and slices..
Combine well and simmer for a further five minutes before covering with a tea towel. Put the saucepan in a cool place and leave overnight to let the flavours infuse.
Afte...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - September 13, 2009 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Life Happiness Source Type: news
