Saturday 4 October 2014

Recipe: Blackberry Jelly

As I've previously said my parents have an allotment each and so we get a tonne of produce every year (yayyy!). As it's Autumn we've had hundred of Blackberries and as nice as they are to eat on their own we thought we'd make some Blackberry Jelly!

We'd accumulated 4lbs of blackberries, which were washed and drained and put into a big pan over a medium/high heat and add some lemon juice (a whole squeezed lemon or about 2 tbsp of lemon juice) and 1/2 pint water until all the berries had turned to a liquid.
blackberry jelly recipe
blackberry jelly recipe
 We then strained the liquid  using a plastic jelly bag, as you can see we made do with what we had so it's not the prettiest sight!
blackberry jelly recipe
blackberry jelly recipe
Then we sterilised some jars for the jelly to go into whilst the juice was still straining. Then, for every pint of juice use 1lb of sugar - we had just under 1 pint! Add the correct amount of sugar to the juice and stir over a low heat until all the sugar dissolves. Then simmer for about an hour
blackberry jelly recipe
blackberry jelly recipe
blackberry jelly recipe
 Finally, put the jelly CAREFULLY into jars, it helps if the jars are a bit warm as it creates a seal (so that when you open the lid it makes a popping noise) so the jelly won't go off or anything!
blackberry jelly recipe
blackberry jelly recipe
Abi :)

12 comments:

  1. Do you have a farm??:)
    You are so lucky! Fresh fruits every season!:)
    Oh yum yum that jelly looks amazing!
    June
    The Journeys' of my beating heart

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    1. No, I wish though haha! My parents have an allotment which is like a garden but it's separate from out house and there are other allotments next to it! Yeah I am! It is very nice thankyou! Abi :)

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  2. Yum that jelly looks really good! I've never made my own jelly before. I really need to give it a try!

    Jessica
    the.pyreflies.org

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    1. Thanks! Yeah it's so much easier than I thought it was! Abi :)

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  3. Ooh I've never made jelly before but this looks like a lot of fun!

    vvnightingale.blogspot.co.uk

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  4. ooh that sounds so good!

    helen at thelovecatsinc.com

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  5. Looks incredible! What's autumn without jelly? I wish I had that much fresh grown produce too! xo

    EsraSevgi.com

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  6. Mmm this has to be next on my recipe list!

    http://christieslifestyle.blogspot.co.uk/

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