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Blackberries are forest and garden, as well as raspberries, to which they resemble externally and in the way they grow. The differences are blue color, sour taste, weaker aroma and smoother skin. The berry is unpretentious, ripens from the end of June... The last berries on the bushes can be found at the end of September. Thanks to such long-term fruiting, blackberries can be prepared for the winter with strawberries, gooseberries and even with Antonov apples. In this article, we'll take a closer look at what you can do with blackberry fruits.

Like all berries, blackberries are healthier fresh. Any heat treatment reduces the content of vitamins and minerals... Berries prepared for future use in the form of preserves, jams, compotes can be used in the same way as fresh berries for preparing a variety of desserts.

You can cook a wide variety of dishes from blackberries:

Jams, jams, confitures;
Drinks - fruit drinks, compotes, cocktails, jelly:
Desserts - mousses, yoghurts, sorbets, jelly candies, baked goods;
Sauces for meat and fish.

The berry tastes sour, therefore, it can be used not only for cooking sweet dishes, but also to give meat and fish a unique taste.

Jam from whole, freshly picked berries

Berries must be sorted out, peel off the stalks, select the worms.
Rinse the berries better by dipping a colander with berries in a bowl or a large pot of water. Under the pressure of running water, the berries will be crumpled, and some of the juice will be washed off along with the water.
Washed berries are laid out in enameled or copper dishes.
Sugar is poured on top at the rate of 800 gr. for 1 kg. Berries.
If the berry is not overripe, then you can add a couple tablespoons of water so that the berry does not burn, it releases the juice faster.
The pan is sent to a high fire... The sugar should darken from the juice of the berries. You can mix it with berries only after boiling the jam from the edges.
Uniform boiling of the entire berry mass- a signal to reduce the fire to a minimum.
With occasional stirring berries are brought to a strong thickening within 3-4 hours.

To make the jam fragrant, 15-20 minutes before the end of cooking, you need to add 5-6 cherry leaves to it. They are removed from the finished jam before placing it in the jars.

Five minutes

Blackberry jam Pyatiminutka

Washed berries laid out in an enamel large bowl, a saucepan or copper container.
Before the berries boil, as they release juice, sugar is added to the jam... The approximate ratio for 1 kg of berries is 700 gr. sand.
The boiled jam is left on gas for another 5 minutes and turn off the gas.
The cooled mass is again sent to the fire and boiled for another 5 minutes... This procedure is repeated three times.
After the third boil, hot jam is laid out in jars and hermetically closed with plastic lids or rolled up with metal lids.

Berry acid is incompatible with aluminum and steel, so we use a wooden (not painted) spoon or spatula to stir the berry mixture.

Jam

Jams are made with applesauce. Considering that most of the berries are harvested in summer, you will have to use summer varieties of apples to make blackberry jam. They are sweet, which means that less sand will be required ≈ 500-600 gr. for 1 kg of fruit and berry mixture.

For 3 kg of apples would need 1 kg of berries blackberries.
Apples are peeled, rubbed into a cooking container on a coarse grater. So that the apples do not brown quickly, they must be sprinkled with granulated sugar. While all the apples are rubbed, there will already be juice in the pan.
The berries are preferable to pass through a manual juicer so that the blackberry seeds are not in the jam.
All the ingredients in the pan are you can send it to gas.
After boiling jam, the gas is reduced.
Periodic stirring will not let the jam burn. You need to simmer it until it thickens.

How to check the readiness of the jam? After stirring, syrup remains on the spoon. If you drop it on a metal spoon or the surface of the table, you can determine the readiness of the jam, jam. The drop does not spread - the jam is ready!

Confiture

The peculiarity of the jam in addition to it:

Gelatin;
Liqueur;
Vanillin;
Cinnamon.

Except for gelatin, all ingredients are optional. You don't have to add them at all.

For cooking 1 kg of blackberries, you need 1 kg of sugar and 3 tablespoons of gelatin.
Whole or squeezed from berries the juice is sent to the pan... All the sand is added at once.
While the mixture is boiling over the fire gelatin is soaked in a glass of water.
The berries boiled, the sand completely dissolved - it's time to add gelatin to the mixture.
Bring to a boil, and then turn off... If desired, add 50 ml of liqueur or spices.
We lay out the confiture in containers for storage, tightly closed.

Beverages

Blackberry compote

The peculiarity of making blackberry compote is that it does not need to be boiled. The most acceptable way of pouring berries with sugar syrup... This keeps the berry in shape. When cooking, it will simply fall apart, bones will settle at the bottom of the pan, and the pulp will turn into an incomprehensible shapeless mass. We'll have to filter the compote.

Cooking compote in a jar does not require additional manipulations - the berries will not lose their shape. An additional advantage of this preparation is that the compote closed with a lid will be stored longer. This means that it can be harvested for future use. For long-term storage of sand, a little more is required.

Summer compote

Calculation of products for a 3-liter can

Blackberries - 2 cups;
Granulated sugar - 1 glass;
Water - 3 liters.

The berries are poured into the jar. Pouring is prepared from water with sugar. A jar is filled with boiled syrup, covered with a lid... During cooling, the compote will acquire a uniform color and taste.

Pure blackberry compote has a pleasant aroma; the taste requires addition of raspberries and red currants. The flavoring bouquet will become much richer.

Blackberry juice

The berry practically does not lose either its taste or vitamins during shock freezing. There is less vitamin "C" in it than in cranberries, but in case of severe colds, fruit juice from this berry also helps. It is better to freeze berries in special bags with fine perforations on one side... The washed and dried berries are laid out in containers or bags and sent to the freezer. If the berries cannot be dried, then they can be sprinkled with granulated sugar. Depending on how the berries were frozen, the method for their further use depends.

Fruit juice without sugar is prepared as follows:

Sand is poured into boiling water at the rate 2 tablespoons to 1 liter of water.
After complete dissolution of granulated sugar, a colander or sieve is placed on the pan so that water gets inside it.
Berries are poured into a colander... They should warm up and give juice. For quick cooking, stir them with a wooden spoon. Blackberries in boiling water quickly release juice, but you can also crush the berries a little while stirring.
The colander has wide openings, so fruit drink should be drained... When using a sieve, this cooking step is omitted.

Berries frozen with sugar will have to be boiled in a saucepan. Then strain through a sieve, or through a gauze put in a colander in 2 layers.

Kissel

The most pleasant drink for the gastric mucosa. For diseases of the digestive system, doctors often recommend it... There are two main ways to prepare this dish.

Kissel on oatmeal

Kissel of this type is more likely to be a dessert than a drink.

1 cup oat or rolled oats
1.5 liters of water;
100-150 gr. blackberries.
2-3 tbsp sugar or honey
A pinch of salt.

The preparation of medicinal jelly begins in advance.

Soak oatmeal for 6-8 hours in the full volume of water.
The resulting liquid is drained into a saucepan... The remaining grain can be squeezed out through a strainer, but its hard parts should not fall into the bucket.
The jelly base is heated... Honey blossoms in it. If sugar is selected for cooking, then it and salt can be added at any stage of cooking.
Into a boiled herculean broth chopped berries are added or squeezed juice from them.
The mixture is brought to a boil, the gas is reduced to a minimum. You can move the saucepan to the sauce plate for simmering. The purpose of languishing is to evaporate excess moisture, to allow the dish to thicken.
You will have to eat this jelly with spoons, so for cooling it is better to pour it into plates, immediately dividing into small portions.

Quick jelly

1 liter of water;
3 tbsp. l. potato starch;
250-300 gr. blackberries;
Granulated sugar to taste.

Cooking method:

Into warm, not boiling water, using a sieve, starch is added in small portions... It is necessary to bring the water to a boil with constant stirring so that the starch does not settle to the bottom of the pan and does not form clots.
Sugar and berries should be at hand so that during cooking not for a second keep stirring.
Berries are added to the boiling starch base... It is better to wipe them in jelly through a sieve or replace them with freshly squeezed blackberry juice.
Sugar is added with berry raw materials... After boiling, the jelly must be removed from the heat. Prolonged boiling will only worsen the taste.

Desserts with blackberries

Drinks, cocktails, yoghurts with the addition of blackberries tone up no worse than those containing lemon balm... But these two components are well combined with each other.

Yogurt

0.5 liters of kefir;
7.5 g vanilla sugar;
2 bananas;
0.5 cups blackberries;
A pinch of ground cinnamon;
A sprig of lemon balm.

The bananas are broken into pieces and placed on the bottom of the beating container. The rest of the ingredients are added. Until a homogeneous mass is obtained, the mixer is started at the first speed, only after that the whipping function starts.

Mousse

Traditionally, mousse is prepared from strawberries or raspberries. Blackberry mousse will turn out to be more acidic with a subtle taste. The berry is in good harmony with both strawberries and raspberries. When using all three ingredients, the dessert will turn out to be more tasty and aromatic. To prepare the mousse you will need:

3 egg whites;
1 cup granulated sugar;
0.5 kg of berries.

Separate the whites into a glass for beating, add a little sugar and begin to beat. The rest of the sugar is added gradually. As a result, you should get a thick mass, as for baking "meringue"... Add the berry mixture in small portions and beat until smooth. Although, small pieces of berries will not spoil the dessert. Before serving, the mousse must be cooled by placing it in bowls or tall glasses, garnished with whole berries and a sprig of mint.

Sorbet

Sorbet is a dietary, lean ice cream, it contains no animal fats, and the amount of sugar is minimized. To prepare it you will need:

3 cups blackberries
The juice of one orange;
100 g honey.

All ingredients are wiped in a blender until smooth, which is sent to the freezer until completely frozen. Before serving from the mass, by means of a heated tablespoon, balls are formed, laid out in a bowl.

As a decoration, you can use almonds or walnuts, grated chocolate. Using fruit syrup is overkill for this type of ice cream, and whipped cream is a great addition to the treat.

Alcoholic sorbet

Alcohol does not freeze well, so you need to dilute it with water to make sorbet. Blackberries harmonize well in taste with almonds and cherries.... Based on this, we choose a liqueur. Proportions:

300 gr. blackberries;
30 ml of liqueur;
50 ml of vodka;
100 g granulated sugar;
1.5 teaspoon lime juice.

Cooking method:

Pour berries and sugar into a saucepan. Cook until smooth.
Rub the berry mixture through a sieve so that the seeds do not end up in the ice cream.
Chilled mix berry puree with the remaining ingredients, we send to the freezer.

The alcoholic sorbet will not be hard. You do not need to heat the spoon to put it on the bowls. For decoration, you can take chopped nuts, chocolate or cherries, which will help to emphasize the taste of the liqueur chosen for the dessert.

To prepare this delicacy, you will need a quince... It will act as a gelling agent. This will give you a longer shelf life than a gelatin-based dessert. In this recipe, for 1 kg of berries and quince, you need 600 gr. sand.

Cooking method:

Peel the quince, rub the pulp on a grater.
Add the berries... Quince 1/3, berries 2/3. We fill the mixture with sugar, leave it for several hours to extract the juice.
Bring to a boil, cook until the quince pieces begin to disintegrate.
Wipe puree through a sieve.
Preheat the oven to 170 °... We reduce the gas to a minimum.
We line the baking sheet foil.
On foil in an even layer of 1.5-2 cm spread the mashed potatoes.
We put in the oven... Cooking can take from 8 to 16 hours. The bottom line is to evaporate excess moisture.
The finished layer is sprinkled with a thin layer of potato starch, overturned, processed from the second side.
Cut into plates, put into a plastic container and put away in the refrigerator.

In the absence of quince, it can be replaced with apples. The amount of sand in a dish is determined by the acidity of berries and apples. By using sweet apples, the amount of sugar can be reduced.

Blackberry baked goods

With yeast dough, you can bake an open blackberry pie. When using jam, there are no special problems, and jam or raw berries wiped with granulated sugar will surely boil and flow. Therefore, we choose a deep form so that the sugar syrup does not burn in the oven. After baking, the pan must be pulled out and the cake allowed to cool so that the jam thickens again. Only then can the cake be removed from the mold.

Cooking a pie with berry filling is also inconvenient because the dough itself, when wet, is not baked and does not increase in volume. To reduce wetting under jam or berries, a layer of potato starch is applied... This baking method is common but very time consuming. Prepare yeast-free treats faster.

For the test you will need:

300 gr. cottage cheese;
3 eggs;
3 glasses of premium wheat flour;
1 cup granulated sugar;
Baking dough.

Cooking method:

Cottage cheese, eggs and sugar are ground until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
Flour is mixed with baking powder and added to the mass.
Flour is poured on the table... The dough is laid on it.
In several stages roll out the dough to a thickness of 5-7 mm.
The dough can be cut with a knife on squares or a glass on mugs.
For filling better to take jam or confiture.
In the middle of each mug spread out half a teaspoon of blackberries.
We fold the circle in half and again in half- you should get a triangle.
On a preheated, greased baking sheet spread the resulting cookies... We send them to the oven, heated to 220 ° C, cabinet for 10-15 minutes.
To brown the cookies, a couple of minutes before the end of baking, you can grease with creamy margarine.

To prepare the dough you will need:

200 gr. creamy margarine;
3 cups flour;
1 egg;
1 cup granulated sugar.

Step-by-step instruction:

Mix the sand with flour.
We make a deepening.
Drive in the egg and lay out a pack of softened margarine.
Pour flour into the margarine with your hands... The process continues until a homogeneous lump of dough is obtained.
Even though the egg is added to the dough, it will not be tied. So, divide the dough into two parts, one of which is twice as large as the second.
We warm up the oven and a baking dish.
We get shape, grease her vegetable oil.
Big distribute part of the dough evenly over the bottom of the mold... Pressing down the middle a little with our fists, we get the dough coming out to the edges of the mold - this is ideal so that the jam does not flow out.
Pour the filling ≈1cm thick.
We take dough leftovers, a coarse grater and evenly cover the berries with a loose layer.
We send the cake to 20-25 minutes into the preheated oven.
The finished shortbread cake should cool down to thicken the jam. After cooling, it can be taken out of the mold entirely, or cut into pieces.

Berry sauce for meat

Meat goes well not only with vegetables, berries and fruits are also used in its preparation. For duck, prunes and apples are suitable, for beef and lamb - cherry plum ("tkemali" sauce), pork is often served under "Krasnodar" sauce, where, in addition to tomatoes, there is applesauce. Blackberries are great for any grilled meats.

For the sauce you will need:

A glass of blackberries;
Half a glass of dry red wine;
A couple of garlic cloves;
A teaspoon of honey;
A pinch of salt or a tablespoon of soy sauce (optional)
A mixture of peppers on the tip of a knife;
Several seeds of cumin (cumin);
Table vinegar to taste.

Step-by-step instructions:

Washed berries are boiled in wine... Three minutes is enough for the blackberry to juice.
The mixture must be filtered to make the sauce beautiful.
Spices are added except garlic and honey... The sauce must be simmered over low heat for 15-20 minutes, until thickened.
1-2 minutes before turning off, add garlic and honey... This will make the sauce more flavorful.

If you replace red wine with dry white wine and use a mixture of herbs for cooking fish, then such a sauce will complement crab stick salad, shrimp and other seafood.

Blackberries are also used in the preparation of first courses. It will be an excellent substitute for vinegar when cooking borscht. An excellent solution would be when preparing borsch dressing for the winter, to put a metacarp of sour berries instead of vinegar. After a couple of weeks, canned dressing, if done with cabbage, will give a pleasant jelly. You just don't need vinegar.

Blackberries are not the most semantic and expressive berry in taste. But having tried the pastries, fruit drinks, desserts made from it at least once, it is difficult to resist not preparing several jars of pancake jam for Shrovetide. Frozen berries will help give your meals a taste of summer... And in summer, you can combine blackberries not only with fruits and other varieties of berries, but also with vegetables - zucchini, pumpkin, tomatoes.

In the last month of summer and the first month of autumn, a dark purple berry ripens, an old friend of raspberries. Blackberries, in addition to useful vitamins, have positive properties - strengthening the immune system and health. That is why many housewives make preparations from blackberries for the winter. In this article, we will show you a few recipes for blackberries for the winter.

Blackberry jam

The classic recipe for harvesting blackberries for the winter is blackberry jam. The product is easy to prepare and very tasty.

Ingredients:

1 kg of blackberries;
1 kg of sugar.

We wash the berries in a colander or sieve so that all the water is glass.
Place the blackberries in a large saucepan and turn on the fire.
We add sugar.
Cook for about an hour, not forgetting to stir.

Blackberry jelly

blackberry jelly

If you are tired of jam, then this recipe for making blackberries for the winter is for you. This light dessert will be an excellent addition to a hot cup of tea.

Ingredients:

1 kg. blackberries;
1 large lemon or 2 small ones;
2 - 2.5 kg. Sahara;
70 g of gelatin;
2 glasses of water.

Step-by-step cooking instructions:

Wash the blackberries well.
We put in a cooking container.
Fall asleep with sugar.
Boil until the berry becomes soft.
Remove from heat and use a sieve to wipe the mixture.
We dilute the gelatin in two glasses of water, and squeeze the juice from the lemons. Add them to the mixture.
Stir and put on fire again and cook, avoiding boiling. We keep on the stove until the jelly thickens.

Blackberry compote for 2 liters

Blackberry compote

What else can you cook with blackberries for the winter? Compote recipe is perhaps the most versatile way of harvesting sweet berries. Since the jam from this berry may not please everyone, but everyone will love the compote from it. Such a drink will be useful both for winter evenings and will be an excellent assistant for quenching your thirst in the hot summer heat.

Ingredients:

700 g blackberries;
300 g of sugar;
1.5 l. water.

Step-by-step cooking instructions:

Pour water into a saucepan and bring to a boil.
We wash the berry and remove the tails remaining during collection.
Pour the berry into boiling water. When the compote boils, cook for another five minutes.
Add sugar and after boiling, cook again for five minutes.

Blackberry vitamin

The best recipe for blackberries for the winter, because the finished product retains most of the beneficial properties of berries. It is prepared without heat treatment. Hence the name - vitamin. The most important thing when preparing this dessert is that the berries are not wrinkled or spoiled.

Ingredients:

1 kg. blackberries;
1.5 kg. Sahara.

Step-by-step cooking instructions:

We wash the blackberries and leave them to dry on paper for one day until they are completely dry. You cannot use wet berries.
Put a small amount of berries in a cup, add sugar and grind with a wooden crush until smooth. It is wooden, not metal.
We process all the berries in this way and leave to infuse overnight.
Mix the ready-made vitamin.

Raspberry Blackberry Jam

This jam is characterized by a delicate and unique taste. The combination of raspberries and blackberries gives sweet and sour notes, so this jam is perfect for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Ingredients:

1 kg. blackberries;
1 kg. raspberries;
2 kg. Sahara.

Step-by-step cooking instructions:

We sort out the berries and rinse.
Place in a large saucepan or basin.
Add sugar to the blackberries and raspberries and leave to infuse for two hours so that they give juice.
We put on fire, bring to a boil and then cook for 20-30 minutes.

Frozen blackberry mousse

This is an unusual way to freeze berries. The recipe is easy to prepare, does not require cooking and canning in glass jars.

Ingredients:

1 kg. blackberries;
0.5 kg. Sahara.

Step-by-step cooking instructions:

We wash my berries and put them in some container.
We take a blender and, gradually adding sugar, grind until smooth.
Pass the finished mousse through a sieve in order to get rid of the seeds.
We pour it into small plastic boxes or into any other containers with a lid.
We put it in the freezer or refrigerator.

Blackberry syrup

Perfect for decorating and decorating a wide variety of sweet dishes and desserts, as well as for normal eating with a hot drink.

Ingredients:

1 kg. blackberries;
1 kg. Sahara;
1 glass of water;
1 teaspoon of citric acid.

Step-by-step cooking instructions:

We wash the berry.
Place in a large pot of water.
Fall asleep with sugar and leave for a couple of hours, so that the blackberries let the juice out.
Bring to a boil and reduce heat to minimum. So we cook for another 10 minutes.
Filter the mixture through a sieve.
Add citric acid to the syrup, then put it on the fire again and bring to a boil.

We hope you enjoy these blackberry winter recipes!

Foreword

Blackberries ripen in August-September, and only during this period can you enjoy its fresh berries. In terms of its healing and useful properties, it surpassed even raspberries. To enjoy her presence on the table, as well as to strengthen immunity and health not only in autumn, prudent housewives make various preparations for the winter.

Regardless of the preparation method and recipe, only ripe berries should be taken for blackberry preparations. They will no longer ripen at home, like gooseberries. Before processing, the berries must be prepared. First, we remove all the debris: leaves, twigs and insects, if caught. Then, carefully so as not to wrinkle, wash them, it is better under the shower, otherwise the jet from the tap may damage them. We put the washed blackberries in a colander and, while the water flows down, we clean it - we tear off the tails.

In this case, you also need to be careful not to crush the berries. It is necessary to pull out the tails like this: first, in a circular motion, we turn them inside the fruit, and then we pull out of it. Washed and peeled berries should be sorted and dried well. For preparations for the winter, only fresh, whole and unspoiled ones are suitable. A soft and lethargic berry is best used for summer compote. Crumpled can still be suitable for preparations for the winter, in the recipes of which it must be crumpled or grinded.

The blanks should be packaged only in carefully washed and sterilized jars, which are closed with lids prepared with no less diligence. Store the finished product in a place prepared for this, dark and cool. If the workpiece is rolled up hot, the container with it is turned upside down, wrapped in something warm and dense (a towel, blanket, etc.) and only after cooling to the temperature in the room is hidden for storage.

This method of cooking for the winter allows you to almost completely preserve the vitamins and minerals that blackberries are rich in, and, therefore, the beneficial properties of its berries. Therefore, if the main purpose of the preparation is medical and recreational, it is best to freeze the blackberry. You can freeze only whole, firm and strong berries, even if they are a little unripe. Therefore, the prepared blackberries should be carefully sorted.

There are 2 ways to freeze blackberries. Most preferred in the freezer compartment using the quick freeze function. The berries must be laid out in 1 layer on a clean cutting board, which is then placed in a chamber, where we set the minimum temperature. After an hour, the blackberries will freeze, and they must be transferred to plastic containers or plastic bags, and then, already packaged, returned to the freezer.

To freeze in the second way (by immediately placing the berries in a container), more bags or containers will be required. Here it must be borne in mind that the fruits cannot be re-frozen, and therefore, having thawed a portion of blackberries, it will have to be used all - cook and eat right away.

For 1 kg of fruit, you should take 1–1.5 kg of sugar - depending on how sweet the finished product should be. Fruits are covered with sugar and thoroughly rubbed together with a wooden crush until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Then the resulting mixture is left to infuse for 12 hours in a cool place. After that, making sure that the sugar is completely dissolved, the jam is thoroughly mixed again with a spoon and, spreading over the jars, closed with plastic lids or rolled up with metal ones.

Blackberry jelly is a delicious and at the same time easy, light dessert that will serve as an excellent end to any meal. To prepare it for the winter, you can use the following recipe. You will need:

blackberries - 1 kg;
lemon (larger) - 1 pc;
sugar - 2.5 kg;
gelatin - 70 g;
water - 2 glasses.

Place the prepared berry in a cooking container, fill it with water, and then fill it with sugar. Mix everything, put on the stove and, heating to a boil, cook until the fruits become soft. Then we wipe the resulting mixture through a sieve, add juice squeezed from lemon and gelatin diluted in water to it. Then we mix the future jelly and put it on the stove again. Cook it, not allowing it to boil, until it thickens. Pour the finished jelly while still hot into jars and roll it up.

Jelly with apples. You will need:

blackberries - 1.5 kg;
lemon (medium) - 2 pcs;
apples - 1.5 kg;
sugar - 800 g per liter of juice obtained during processing;
cloves (buds) - 10 pcs;
water - 2.5 liters.

Put the apples, prepared blackberries and cloves, cut as if on compote, in a saucepan. Then we squeeze out the juice from the lemons cut in half, and cut them together with the peel into slices and also add to the berries and fruits. Fill everything with water and, stirring, heat to a boil. Then we reduce the heat, cover the pan and cook its contents for 1 hour. Then we transfer the resulting gruel to cheesecloth, folded in 2-3 layers, and hang it over a clean container for several hours. To speed up the filtering, after cooling the fruit and berry mixture, gently squeeze the juice out of it through cheesecloth by hand.

The volume of juice obtained must be measured. Add sugar to the aromatic liquid - for 1 liter of 800 g. Then mix everything thoroughly until the sugar is completely dissolved and cook, stirring constantly, until it thickens. When foam appears, carefully remove it. Pour the jelly into containers and roll it up.

Blackberry jam is tasty and healthy. It can also be attributed to the dessert, which can only compete with the jelly made from this berry. The proposed recipe is "Kiev Jam". For him we take:

berries - 1 kg;
blackberry leaves - 0.1 kg;
sugar - 1 kg;
citric or ascorbic acid - 5 g;
water - 500 ml.

First, cook for 20 minutes a decoction of the leaves. Then we make syrup: pour sugar with 1 glass of broth and dissolve it, and then heat this mixture to a boil. Immerse the prepared berries in syrup and let them stand for about 2 hours until they let the juice flow. Then add acid to them and cook for about 10 minutes. Pouring

Blackberries are a tasty and healthy berry that grows in the forest and garden plots. Of course, it will bring more benefits to the body in fresh form and in desserts, where it is not heat-treated. Unfortunately, it cannot be kept fresh for a long time, and gardeners who grow this berry need to process it. And in winter, jams or blackberry preserves will be a great addition to tea drinking. Therefore, it will always be useful to know what you can make with blackberries. Moreover, the range of desserts is quite wide.

What are berries combined with?

Garden blackberries are not just a tasty treat in and of themselves. It goes well with a wide variety of foods, which makes it very widely used in cooking.

First of all, blackberries are combined with other berries such as raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, cherries. They can be combined in salads, compotes and desserts. Many fruits are also appropriate next to blackberries. These include apple, banana, pear, orange, peach, apricot.

It is good to add berries to yogurt, cottage cheese, any baked goods, it can be all kinds of casseroles, buns, pancakes, cookies, cakes.

And the combination is possible not only with sweet dishes. Blackberries can also be used in the preparation of second courses. For example, its presence will give a special taste and aroma to meat.

Blackberry Dessert Recipes

You can make any sweet dessert from blackberries - from jam to marshmallow.

The most common delicacy is jam. First, the berries need to be sorted out and washed. Then they are laid out in a container in which the jam will be cooked. Sugar is poured on top at the rate of 1: 1. It should be borne in mind that blackberries have sourness, so if you want the jam to last longer, you can increase the amount of sugar. If the berry is not too ripe, you can add a few tablespoons of water to help the sugar dissolve faster. Do not stir the berry, otherwise it may be damaged. It is better to cover the pan with a lid and shake slightly, repeating this procedure several times. Put the pan on fire, bring the contents to a boil and cook for forty minutes. After the jam has cooled, you need to boil it again, then boil it again for about twenty minutes.

If you want the jam to be thick, this procedure can be repeated a couple more times.

There is another cooking option. You need to make syrup for him. First, the sugar is dissolved in a small amount of water, brought to a boil, and only then the berries are immersed in it. The further cooking process does not differ from the first option. In both cases, the product must be sterilized before being placed in the cans.
It takes a little more effort to make the jam. Clean prepared berries need to be kneaded in a container with a wooden rolling pin, it will be easier to grind in a blender. Then the resulting mass must be rubbed through a sieve. Put on fire, bring to a boil, boil for thirty minutes, then add sugar, mix well and cook until stirring occasionally until the mixture thickens to a jam consistency.

You can make confiture. For this, in addition to blackberries and sugar, you will need gelatin. For one kilogram of sugar and the same amount of berries - three tablespoons of gelatin. Gelatin is pre-soaked in a glass. The berry also needs to be grated through a sieve, mixed with sugar, boiled, then add gelatin, stir, and you can turn off the gas. The jam can be placed in clean jars.
Mousse is made from various berries and fruits, including blackberries. You can make strawberry-blackberry mousse or raspberry-blackberry mousse. Then it will be sweeter. For mousse, you need to beat a glass of sugar with five egg whites. First, the whites are carefully separated and whipped into a persistent white foam, sugar is gradually added and the whipping process continues. Then you need to add the berries and beat again. Dessert is laid out in bowls, decorated with berries and mint on top.
Another favorite of many delicacy is marshmallow. For her, you also need to rub the prepared and sorted berries through a sieve. The resulting puree must be cooked over low heat for forty-five minutes. Then sugar is added, and the cooking process continues for another fifteen minutes. Then the marshmallow must be dried. To do this, cover the bottom of the baking sheet with special baking paper, lay out the resulting composition and send it to the oven to dry at a low temperature. This process can be lengthy, you need to periodically check the readiness of the marshmallow. When fully prepared, it should peel off well from the paper and not stick to your hands. After the marshmallow has been separated from the paper, it needs to be cut into pieces, sprinkled with sugar dust.

Such a product can be stored in clean, dry glass containers in a cool dark place.

Drink options

You can make many drinks from blackberries at home - refreshing, healthy, nutritious, refreshing.

One of the summer drinks that everyone will love is the smoothie. You can make it purely blackberry, or you can add other berries and fruits to make the taste even richer. Another ingredient that must be present is milk, ice cream or yogurt. To do this, you need to take a berry, grind it in a blender, add yogurt or milk, kefir is also suitable, you get a dietary and very healthy drink. All you need to mix well in a blender or using a mixer, pour into a tall glass, decorate with berries on top.
You don't need to overcook to make a delicious blackberry compote. Fresh berries will boil down very quickly. It is best to boil water, add sugar. When it dissolves, put the berry and immediately turn off the gas. The berry in hot water will give out juice.
Blackberry juice is prepared as follows: grate fresh berries through a sieve, add water, sugar, other grated berries if desired, cool. You can strain again.
Blackberries can be used to make a delicious nutritious jelly. The base is prepared in the same way as for fruit drinks. Starch is diluted in water and added to the prepared berry. Pour out gradually, while constantly stirring the contents of the pan where the jelly is being cooked. Then it will get a homogeneous consistency without the slightest lumps.

Blanks for the winter

When harvesting blackberries for the winter, many people prefer to freeze them. Frozen blackberries retain all vitamins, and there are several ways to do this.

The berries need to be rinsed, left for a while in a colander so that all excess water is glass. And then dry well on paper towels. Then you need a regular board and enough free space in the refrigerator. The berry is laid out on a board, having previously covered it with a film, then sent to the freezer. When the berry is frozen, it is poured into a plastic container, and the rest of the batches are treated in the same way. When the container is full, you can send it for long-term storage. After defrosting, the berries do not lose their appearance and taste; they can be used to prepare any desserts and decorate cakes. This type takes a lot of time, there is a way and it is easier.

Prepared blackberries are poured into a flat container, the reconciliation is covered with a film, and this is done on several floors. When all this is well frozen, distribute it into bags and put it back in the freezer. Another option involves sprinkling the berries with sugar. Then, after defrosting it, you can prepare compotes, fruit drinks, fillings for cakes and pies.

The secret of making blackberry compote is that the berry does not need to be boiled. It is better to make the syrup separately, and then pour over the berries. Then they will be whole, and the compote will be delicious. Then you just need to pour it into a sterile jar and tighten the lids.

Those who want to get just a blackberry vitamin boost in winter, harvest the berries in their own juice. The berry is covered with sugar and left for several hours. The juice obtained during this time is drained and put on fire. The berry is placed in sterile jars, after which it is poured with boiling syrup and tightened with lids.

Other cooking methods

There are other ways to use blackberries and make different meals.

Blackberry yogurt will become tasty and healthy; for example, a banana can be added to it. Pieces of fruit and berries are mixed in a blender with kefir, you can add cinnamon. This delicious homemade yogurt is much better than any store.

Another healthy dessert is sorbet. For it, you need to mix three glasses of blackberries, pour over the juice squeezed from an orange, add a few tablespoons of honey. Then freeze all this in a container. After the composition is frozen, take a hot spoon and put it in a bowl in the form of balls, decorate with cream and berries on top.

Blackberries are used in baked goods - not only as a decoration for a cake, but also as one of the ingredients. To prepare a shortcrust cake with blackberries, mix sugar with flour, add an egg and soft margarine. The dough is kneaded well by hand and is divided into two parts, larger and smaller. Most of them are laid out on a baking sheet and pressed well so that the edges are higher, this will prevent the filling from flowing out. Berry or blackberry jam is spread on the dough. After that, the remaining ball of dough is grated so that the berry is completely covered with it. The baking sheet is sent to the oven for half an hour. Then you need to wait until the cake has cooled down and carefully lay it out of the mold. Then you can decorate with berries, fruits, cream and grated chocolate.

Not only sweet pastries and desserts are prepared with blackberries, meat will also go well with it. For this, a sauce is prepared from it. Grind the berry, add garlic, spices, salt, vinegar and a teaspoon of honey to the mixture. All this is boiled for about five minutes. It turns out to be a slightly spicy, sweet and sour sauce that is suitable for beef, pork or chicken.

Blackberry berries contain vitamins A, B1 C, E, glucose, fructose, sucrose, pectin substances, organic acids (malic, tartaric, citric, salicylic), in a smaller amount vitamins P, riboflavin, K. For the purpose of harvesting, blackberry fruits are frozen, preserved , from which marmalade, confiture, juice are made.

BLACKBERRY JAM (1 METHOD)
Rinse ripe and peeled berries, sprinkle with sugar and put in an earthenware dish under a lid in a cool place. The next day, cook at a high boil for 20 minutes. Pour the jam into jars warm and seal.
For 1 kg of berries - 800 g of sugar.

BLACKBERRY JAM (METHOD 2)
Sort out the berries, remove damaged ones, rinse. Boil the syrup and put the berries in the hot syrup. Boil the berries in one go until tender, add a little citric acid at the end. Pour the jam into jars and cork.
For 1 kg of berries - 800 g of sugar, 1-2 g of citric acid.

BLACKBERRY PUREE
Ripe and peeled berries thoroughly rinse in running water, then strain through a colander. As soon as they dry, pour into an enamel pan, add sugar and, stirring, grind with a wooden pestle or pass through a meat grinder scalded with boiling water. Transfer the resulting puree to clean jars, pour a little sugar on top, cover with thick paper or plastic lids. Store jars in a cool, dark place.
For 1 kg of berries - 1-1.5 kg of sugar.

BLACKBERRY IN OWN JUICE
Sprinkle the prepared berries with sugar in layers, put in a cold place for 4-6 hours. Then put them in jars, and heat the juice, pour the berries, cover the jars with lids and pasteurize for 15 minutes.
For 1 kg of berries - 300-400 g of sugar.

BLACKBERRY WITH SUGAR
Sort the blackberries, rinse, put on a sieve and let the water drain. Then boil the berries for a few minutes in syrup, select with a slotted spoon and put in bikes. Continue to boil the syrup, then pour the berries with boiling syrup, sterilize half-liter jars - 30 minutes, liter jars - 50 minutes, roll up.
For syrup - 1 liter of water, 1 kg of sugar.

BLACKBERRY CONFIT
Rinse ripe and peeled berries, then strain through a colander. After drying, pour them into an enamel pan, add sugar and, stirring, chop with a wooden pestle or mince. Add water to the resulting mass, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes over low heat, then add sugar and cook until tender in one go (the syrup thickens and begins to turn into jelly).
For 1 kg of blackberries - 1.2-1.4 kg of sugar, 1 glass of water.