Blackberries - What to do with them?
07-21-2011, 11:08 AM
#51
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The seeds are OK in desserts etc but may want them out of jellies. My favorite recipe for them is an Apple Blackberry Pie. Sounds sort of wierd but has been a hit around here with family.
07-21-2011, 11:14 AM
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You need the pulp to make blackberry jam. The juice will give you a wonderful jelly, but there's nothing like jam/preserves.
When doing a small amount, I use a wire strainer that closely resembles the spacing of window screen. Actually, I remember as a kid watching a nearby farmer's wife "squish" hers through a frame of window screen into a container like a plastic dishpan. She used something that looked like a flat wooden paddle. It was quite a fine screen, but it let the pulp pass through while still holding back most of the seeds.
When doing a small amount, I use a wire strainer that closely resembles the spacing of window screen. Actually, I remember as a kid watching a nearby farmer's wife "squish" hers through a frame of window screen into a container like a plastic dishpan. She used something that looked like a flat wooden paddle. It was quite a fine screen, but it let the pulp pass through while still holding back most of the seeds.
07-21-2011, 11:15 AM
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My blackberries are doing the same thing as yours and have been watering too because of the heat and no rain--just figured it was the same bad luck I've had in the last month--shingles on my face and computer blown up in a lightning storm. I survived the last two so guess I can buy some blackberries and make my blackberry/apple pie that I'm craving. Also make a cobbler with rhubarb, raspberries and blackberries--MMMM!
07-21-2011, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by neeng
You can make seedless jelly by cooking the fruit first, put it through a strainer or jelly bag so you end up with just the juice, then add your other ingredients and finish off the recipe.
Yummy, but I find this results in a lot of waste of the pulp itself and I'd rather put up with the seeds. I used to make the seedless one for my DH though.
Yummy, but I find this results in a lot of waste of the pulp itself and I'd rather put up with the seeds. I used to make the seedless one for my DH though.
07-21-2011, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by mommafank
My favorite recipe for them is an Apple Blackberry Pie. Sounds sort of wierd but has been a hit around here with family.
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