Top five blackberry recipes
by Charlotte Morgan | 11 September 2012 | 
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Ripe and ready for picking in late summer through to autumn, blackberries are very versatile in the kitchen - especially in desserts. Check out our top five recipes.
Blackberry cottage tart
A real crowd pleaser, and the perfect end to a dinner party with friends. Make your own sweet citrus pastry, then fill the tart with a buttery, lemony, soured cream custard, and a blackcurrant jelly. Arrange fresh blackberries on top of the tart neatly, and enjoy with a cup of tea.
Blackberry fool
A tangy fool, made from blackberries, sugar, lemon juice, a drop or two of vanilla extract, and a lot of whipping cream. The classic fool is a British dessert dating back to the 16th century, and always consists of sweetened fruits folded into cream.
Blackberry bakewell cake
We have Gizzi Erskine to thank for this delectable cake recipe, made with absolutely no butter or fat (yes, it’s true!). Using a whole boiled orange and ground almonds helps to keep the cake extra moist and healthy, and the blackberries sit prettily at the bottom.
Duck breast with blackberry sauce
Ed Baines opts for a savoury dish when he's using his blackberries up. Make a blackberry sauce from a garlicky red wine reduction, infused with thyme, bay leaf and blackberries, and then serve it generously alongside quick-fried duck breast and buttery mashed potatoes.
Chocolate and blackberry slice
Far more exciting than your regular brownie, and perhaps a little better for you! This chocolate slice is made from dark and milk chocolate, butter, walnuts and light muscovado sugar, and gives off a pretty purple-ish hue, thanks to the punnet of blackberries in the mix.
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by TallPaul110 | on 01 October 2012
Thanks for that, lollydeemay! As soon as it stops raining I'll be off out picking... and don't worry, if I come back with more than 4 pounds I'll find another good use for the excess. I'll let you know how it goes!
And Elderberry - wouldn't dream of buying cultivated fruit when there is wild freely available. I do find it odd that few people seem to go foraging these days though...
by Chuckwallah | on 04 October 2012
I don't know where the rest of you live but here in SW London there are more people picking blackberries than I've ever seen before - sign of the financial times I guess.
There has also been a certain amount of what can only be described as 'industrial' foraging. All of my favourite picking areas have been devastated by somebody (or bodies) who scour the brambles of every pickable berry and hack them down as they go so that there's nothing left for anybody else. I wouldn't be surprised if these fruits turned up on the menu of some local restaurant as I have a good idea of who is responsible (but it wouldn't be PC to say it).
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