Our blackberry bushes are starting to bloom which means blackberry season is around the corner. Honestly, I love growing and picking blackberries as much as eating them. Wild blackberry patches are scarce where we live. In fact, they might be non-existent. I don’t recall seeing a patch since we’ve lived here so I planted some in my backyard. I manage to keep them under control but it requires some work. They send out long runners and will take over your property if you let them. New shoots pop up in places quiet a distance from the primary plant.
For this recipe, I used the last frozen bag from last year’s harvest. Our yield from this year’s harvest might be pitiful. I severely pruned the plants later than recommended so their growth is behind schedule.
Oh, well. We’ll get what we get. We’ll have to get while the gettin’ is good. Make hay while the sun shines. Don’t count your berries before the chickens come home from the woods.
Perhaps I’m able to control my blackberries but I seem to have lost control of my fingers.
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Blackberry Bourbon Crush
preheat oven to 400 degrees
yield: approximately 2 cups
Whole blackberries roasted with cinnamon, brown sugar, bourbon and lemon slices and crushed after cooking.It thickens up some after it’s cooled. Use as a topping for ice cream, oatmeal, pancakes and waffles. Stir some into lemonade. Adjust the amount of sugar according to your taste and the natural sweetness of the berries. Taste the sauce after it’s cooked and add more sugar,if needed, while the sauce is still hot.
6 cups blackberries
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 lemon, sliced
1 (5 inch) cinnamon stick
1 tablespoon bourbon
Wash the blackberries and place them in an ovenproof baking dish. Sprinkle brown sugar over berries. Add lemon slices and cinnamon stick. Pour on bourbon. No need to stir.
Roast in a 400 degree oven for one hour.
Remove from oven and discard cinnamon stick and lemon slices.
Crush berries with a fork. Stir.
Blackberry Bourbon Crush
Ingredients
- Blackberry Bourbon Crush
- preheat oven to 400 degrees
- yield: approximately 2 cups
- Whole blackberries roasted with cinnamon brown sugar, bourbon and lemon slices and crushed after cooking. Use as a topping for ice cream, oatmeal, pancakes and waffles. Stir some into lemonade. Adjust the amount of sugar according to your taste and the natural sweetness of the berries. The sauce thickens up some after it's cooled.
- 6 cups blackberries
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 lemon sliced
- 1 5 inch cinnamon stick
- 1 tablespoon bourbon
Instructions
- Wash the blackberries and place them in an ovenproof baking dish. Sprinkle brown sugar over berries. Add lemon slices and cinnamon stick. Pour on bourbon. No need to stir.
- Roast in a 400 degree oven for one hour.
- Remove from oven and discard cinnamon stick and lemon slices.
- Crush berries with a fork. Stir.
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