Seeing as its a "Bumper Harvest" this year for almost everything wild & foraged I decided to make some Bramble Jam. I took my 3 year old boy out with me for an afternoons berry picking in Pollock park. Our original intention was to get ourselves some vegetables from the honesty box down by the allotment but it's no longer available to the public, a crying shame if you ask me. Anyway, back to the berries... We really are having a great year thanks to the prolonged summer warmth and sunshine, we managed to get the start of the berries but 65% of them aren't ready yet so the next few weeks will provide some rich pickings.
Bramble Jam:
500g Brambles
500g sugar
1 lemon juiced
Wash the brambles in a little salt water then rinse in cold water. Place them in a pan with the sugar and bring to 105*c then simmer for 5 minutes, stirring every so often to make sure it doesn't catch the bottom, bring off the heat when ready and add lemon juice. Its that simple. Pour it into a sterile jar and keep in the fridge for up to 4 weeks. It's highly unlikely it'll last that long tho. My kids have already rattled half way through my batch for their supper.
Enjoy
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