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| Islay |
Tried and tested blackberry cordial recipe?Google throws up a million and one variations, and I want an easy, non-jellifying recipe for blackberry cordial that isn't going to take me 5 iterations to get right.I fought off all the other blackerry hunters today to get another couple of pounds, and the freezer is beginning to look like the store of a fruit-fetishist despite last night's jam fest, so I thought I'd make this next... |
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| Jamanda |
We've been slowly building up a pile in the freezer too. Ear-marked for jelly and wine.
However last year (or the year before?) I made blackcurrant cordial. I just boiled it up with a bit of water and some apples, slung in some sugar, ran it through a jelly bag and boiled it down a bit till it tasted right. Worked fine. I put it into old litre plastic milk containers so I could keep the un-opened ones in the freezer. Edited to add - look at that! I even put it in the database http://forum.downsizer.net/viewtopic.php?t=42502&highlight=cordial |
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| Islay |
Thank you! That looks a lot less complicated than all the ones that seem to involve esoteric ingredients like vinegar (in cordial?) | ||
| Islay |
Thank you! That looks a lot less complicated than all the ones that seem to involve esoteric ingredients like vinegar (in cordial?) | ||
| colour it green |
we made blackberry and apple cordial last night - same idea really boil, strain, add sugar, bottle. ncie. can do proportions if you want | ||
| Chickem |
Yes please 
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| Islay |
Ooh, yes please! My mother has three trees worth of apples to use up, so can't hurt... | ||
| Jamanda |
Cider! |
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| colour it green |
blackberry and apple cordial1 kg apples (windfalls are fine, just cut off the manky bits before weighing)1 kg blackberries 700ml water sugar Chop the apples - no need to peel or core. Put in a large pan with the blackberries and water and cook for 30-45 minutes, until its all mushy. Strain using a jellybag overnight. Measure the resulting juice and add 700g of sugar to each litre of juice. Bring to the boil just, stirring the sugar to dissolve ( you don't want to cook this a long time or the pectin present might result in jelly rather than cordial!) Bottle in sterilised bottles. Keep in the fridge and drink within a couple of weeks, or to keep longer, freeze. |
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| Sherbs |
Just been making a blackberry syrup this afternoon. We went blackberry picking and didn't really have much success, (plus a fair number of those the Sherbling picked were less than ideal  ) so it wasn't much good for actually eating.
Boiled them up, strained them, reduced the liquid down a bit, added demarara sugar, boiled some more, cooled and bottled. The Sherbling had some on ice-cream for tea
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| James |
http://www.winesathome.co.uk/downloads/syrupsandcordials.pdf
this has a good recipe for blackberry cordial. |
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| Islay |
Ahem. I have just made blackberry jelly in a bottle. I may have boiled a tad too long... | ||
| Jamanda |
Don't worry it will still taste good, and work as cordial - might just take a bit of mixing up. |
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| colour it green |
or make blackberry ripple icecream... thats what we did when it happened to us last year.. |
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| Islay |
Ooooh ice cream!
I have already had some in a cup of hot water instead of tea, it was yummy. Luckily it's still runny enough to 'pour' from the bottle, and can be used as cordial with a bit of stirring. And there's plenty more berries on the bushes waiting for me to have a second attempt! |