Kitchen Tales - Pantry Preserves Processing the Blackberries
Yesterday when I went foraging I nearly fell down the dyke where one of the blackberry bushes was growing. I also ended up also having to empty the small tray I was using for collection pretty regularly just in case I fell (I had already managed to spill them over the floor once which was far too much). Never mind. Its all very well going foraging but then you have a load of work to do to save and preserve that produce. All good fun really especially if you manage to end up with something really tasty on the pantry shelf. I am not too keen on the prickles though, they have caught me everywhere but if I will dive into a prickly blackberry bush to relieve it of its black jewels it really is to be expected. In the end I processed 8 1/2 pounds of blackberries and have turned them into these preserves with the aid of some additional ingredients. Apple, plum and blackberry pie mix (Hot water bathed/Canned). Blackberry and apple jam. blackberry and...