Blackberry Syrup

I made this this afternoon with a few blackberries I picked in my bottom field.

Its reasonably quick and easy - and the result is the most fresh tasting and vibrantly coloured ice cream sauce you can imagine !

Of course you can use for many other things too.........

I measure the fruit and sugar in cups or mugs or whatever you please !

Blackberry Syrup or Sauce

Freshly picked Blackberries
White Sugar
Water
Lemon Juice

1. Wash the blackberries to remove bits and wildlife...

2. For every cup of blackberries, use a 1/4 cup of water.

3. Put the blackberries and water into a large saucepan.

4. With a potato masher or something similar, squish the fruit down well, to release the juice.

5. Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat to simmer.

6. Simmer for about 5 minutes, or until the fruit is soft.

7. Pour the pulp/fruit mash through a fine sieve or a muslin/jelly bag, into a bowl. Don't push it through harshly, let it drip and just encourage it gently by pressing it with a spatula or similar.

8. Once the juice stops running through, measure the juice and discard the pulp to the compost.

9. For every cup of juice add a cup of white sugar, and put all this back into the cleaned saucepan with about 1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice per cup of juice.

10. Bring it to the boil and stir to dissolve the sugar.

11. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the liquid becomes slightly viscous, but still runny. This should only take a minute.

12. Pour into sterilised jars while very hot and seal immediately.

Will keep for months and months.