A sweet friend gave us a couple of gallons of blackberries…big, juicy blackberries! Which means my very capable assistants and I had to get busy!
Now… the downside of blackberries are all those little seeds.
The first thing I did was run the berries through the food processor. Let me just say, I LOVE THE FOOD PROCESSOR! It really does make kitchen work so much faster!!!
Then my hard-working Cherish used this old-fashion strainer and wooden pestle, which you can find at thrift stores and yards super cheap!
We made 16 pints of jam and syrup.
I adapted this recipe from AllRecipes.com, added lemon juice, butter and 1/2 a package of pectin rather than 1/3 package. Butter makes all the difference!
Blackberry Syrup
4 cups blackberry juice
4 cups white sugar
1/3 (2 ounce) package powdered pectin
3-4 T lemon juice
1/2 stick of butter
Simple instructions are here.
Blackberry Jam
We followed the directions on the package.
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