Blackberries

[LadyCook61]

Just bought some blackberries at Sams's Club. I bought it without having a recipe in mind. I like eating fruit as is but also maybe in a salad or something, any ideas?

 

[Uncle Bob]

In cereal....With ice cream...

Enjoy!

 

[Barb L.]

We use to have them with a little milk and sugar- very simple dessert.

 

[redkitty]

In cereal is very tasty, or oatmeal. I put blueberries in my oatmeal every day! If you have other fruit in the house you can make a lovely fruit salad.

Of course, there is always blackberry PIE!!!

 

[GotGarlic]

My mom made blackberry cobbler a lot when I was growing up, with a side of vanilla ice cream. Mmmmmmmm.

 

[Maverick2272]

Take about two cups blackberries to 1/2 cup sugar, place in pot and boil down to reduce and thicken. Pour over pancakes, waffles, crepes, ice cream, etc.

 

[nesta67]

We use to have them with a little milk and sugar- very simple dessert.

That's how I like them too. And if you leave them to sit in the milk and sugar for a bit they start to break down and are extra yummy.

 

[jkath]

Here's my very very very favorite way to enjoy blackberries:

http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f40/grandma-s-blackberry-upside-down-cobbler-12431.html

 

[LPBeier]

In cereal is very tasty, or oatmeal. I put blueberries in my oatmeal every day! If you have other fruit in the house you can make a lovely fruit salad.

Of course, there is always blackberry PIE!!!

My vote is the pie! We had blackberry bushes in our backyard at our old house and I would pick them every morning. They were wild and it was sometimes impossible to keep up with. I made cobblers, pies, froze berries you name it. But the pie was always everyone's favourite! Alas, we have moved and we drove by a couple of month's ago to find out the new owners had removed all the bushes.

 

[bethzaring]

I'm mulling over a raspberry pie idea. I keep bumping into a couple gallons of the berries in the freezer and need to use them soon. I am optimistic about the upcoming raspberry season. The drought has cut the season short the past two years. Pie sounds good, with a cream or custard base...

 

[VeraBlue]

Have them with boston lettuce with warm goat cheese rilettes and candied walnuts.

 

[college_cook]

If you have any duck glace handy, mix in some strained and reduced blackberry puree for a nice suace for a MR duck breast.

 

[itzalgud]

I live in the Northwest where blackberries grow wild like weeds. They are a real pain. Half of my 1/2 acre lot is covered with them. They even grow in the garage. I've fought them so long, I finally am satisfied just to keep them in check. This aside, I do use the berries (hard not to when they are coming through the windows)

So, I make blackberry jam. It's really quick and easy.
5 cups washed blackberries
1/2 tsp butter or margarine
1 package fruit Pectin (4 tbsp)
7 cups sugar

1. Place berries, butter and pectin in large pot and bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly.
2. Add sugar and bring back to a boil and cook 1 minute.
3. Remove from heat and pour into sterilized canning jars. Seal with new lids.
4. Process 15 minutes in a hot water bath.
Makes 8 half pints. Much more flavorful than store bought.

 

[JillBurgh]

I like to mash them up in my lemonade.
For work my signature martini was a blackberry pear concoction.. I made a strained blackberry puree with a dsah of lemon and simple syrup mixed in. Just add Grey Goose Pear (NOT absolut, very different), shake, and you're set! In a pinch try Grey Goose Poire muddled with lemon slice, sugar and blackberries. Might want to strain the seeds *cough!*

 

[Caine]

I procured this recipe from a little dessert place in San Francisco called Sweet Inspirations:

Using a tart pan, make a dark chocolate cookie crust, then fill it with a semi-sweet dark chocolate mousse. Once it's set, cover the entire top of the tart with blackberries. Slice into 6 or 8 servings, adding only one dollop of whipped cream to each slice.

 

[Fisher's Mom]

I procured this recipe from a little dessert place in San Francisco called Sweet Inspirations:

Using a tart pan, make a dark chocolate cookie crust, then fill it with a semi-sweet dark chocolate mousse. Once it's set, cover the entire top of the tart with blackberries. Slice into 6 or 8 servings, adding only one dollop of whipped cream to each slice.

You are a wicked man, Caine. I don't have any of those things in the house so now I have to go to the store! It sounds absolutely fabulous.

 

[Katie H]

This is a timely thread. The February 2008 issue of Saveur magazine has a recipe for blackberry pie on page 65. It sounds delicious.

 

[Jeff G.]

Just bought some blackberries at Sams's Club. I bought it without having a recipe in mind. I like eating fruit as is but also maybe in a salad or something, any ideas?

One of the best berries out there. Great in a fruit salad. Best in Cobblers or pies or over ice cream. Makes a great jam(or reduced sauce).

 

[jpmcgrew]

I live in the Northwest where blackberries grow wild like weeds. They are a real pain. Half of my 1/2 acre lot is covered with them. They even grow in the garage. I've fought them so long, I finally am satisfied just to keep them in check. This aside, I do use the berries (hard not to when they are coming through the windows)

So, I make blackberry jam. It's really quick and easy.
5 cups washed blackberries
1/2 tsp butter or margarine
1 package fruit Pectin (4 tbsp)
7 cups sugar

1. Place berries, butter and pectin in large pot and bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly.
2. Add sugar and bring back to a boil and cook 1 minute.
3. Remove from heat and pour into sterilized canning jars. Seal with new lids.
4. Process 15 minutes in a hot water bath.
Makes 8 half pints. Much more flavorful than store bought.

My brother who lives in Eugene , OR , says the same thing about people hating the bushes as they are so invasive. I might be wrong but I would love to have them here as I love Black Berries. It is just to dry here to try and grow Black Berries. We do have wild strawberries/ raspberries in the high country but the birds and bears get them way before we can, that is if we can find some

 

[JillBurgh]

Blackberries, Goat cheese, balsamic, sugared pecans, field greens