Stewed Blackberries Recipes

Steps:

• Carefully wash berries; drain.
• Place berries in saucepan.
• Add water, cover, and heat slowly; simmer berries for about 15 minutes. Shake pan or stir gently to prevent berries from sticking.
• Add salt and sugar and heat 2-3 minutes longer.
• Remove from heat.
• Serve warm or chilled, plain or with cream.
• If fruit is very ripe, add 1-2 tbs lemon juice.

Steps:

• Combine a half-pint of raspberries, all the blueberries, sugar, zest and 1/3 cup water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and cook uncovered over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, for 8 to 10 minutes. The juice will become a syrup and the berries will be slightly cooked. Off the heat, stir in the remaining raspberries and the framboise, if desired.

Steps:

• Add all the ingredients to a slow cooker insert; stir to combine.
• Cover and let stand at room temperature 15 minutes or in the refrigerator for 1 hour to give the berries a chance to exude some liquid.
• Cook on LOW for 3-4 hours.
• Turn off the cooker; remove the lid and let the blueberroies cool a bit.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.
• OR transfer to a storage container, refrigerate, and serve chilled, ladled into dessert bowls.
• The blueberries will keep, tightly covered, for 4 days in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• Oil an 8 inch, 20cm round springform pan and line the base with buttered baking parchment.
• Peel, core and slice the apples; place them in a medium saucepan with 1 tablespoon of caster sugar and 2 tablespoons of water and set over a low-medium heat; cover the pan and cook slowly, stirring from time to time until the apples have cooked down to a thick puree; set aside to cool.
• Preheat oven to 325°F, 170°C, gas mark 3.
• Finely crush the biscuits in a food processor and tip into a bowl, pour the melted butter on to the biscuit crumbs and mix together well; press the crumbs into the base of the prepared tin then bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 5 minutes while you prepare the filling.
• Clean the food processor bowl and blade then place the cream cheese, 75g caster sugar, eggs, half the sour cream, vanilla and cornflour in the bowl and whiz together until smooth; add the cooled apple puree and process for another 30 seconds.
• Pour the mixture carefully over the biscuit base and place the tin on a baking sheet (this is just for insurance; mine did not leak at all); cook on the middle shelf of the oven for 40 - 45 minutes until just set; remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
• While the cheesecake is cooling, make the topping by mixing the remaining sour cream with the remaining 2 tablespoons of caster sugar; carefully spoon the cream topping onto the cooled cheesecake; return to the oven for a further 15 minutes; allow to cool completely before chilling in the fridge.
• Stewed Blackberries: Place the blackberries and caster sugar in a pan with 2 tablespoons of water (you may need less water if using frozen fruit) and cook over a low heat until the fruit becomes tender and juicy; remove the berries with a slotted spoon and place in a serving bowl; turn up the heat slightly and allow the juice to bubble gently until it is reduced by about half, then pour over the berries: serve the sauce at room temperature with the cheesecake.

Steps:

• 1. Place blackberries in a medium saucepan with 1/2 cup water, sugar, and salt. Bring to a boil over high heat, and cook, stirring with a whisk or old-fashioned potato masher to crush the berries, until the berries are pulpy, 3 to 5 minutes. 2. In a liquid measuring cup, combine remaining 1/4 cup water and flour. Stir well with a fork or small whisk until well combined and no lumps remain. Add flour mixture to berries, and return to a boil. Cook until slightly thickened, another 3 to 5 minutes. Add vanilla, and remove from the heat. Add butter, stirring to combine.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Tip 120g plain flour and 60g caster sugar into a large bowl.
• Add 60g unsalted butter, then rub into the flour using your fingertips to make a light breadcrumb texture. Do not overwork it or the crumble will become heavy.
• Sprinkle the mixture evenly over a baking sheet and bake for 15 mins or until lightly coloured.
• Meanwhile, for the compote, peel, core and cut 300g Braeburn apples into 2cm dice.
• Put 30g unsalted butter and 30g demerara sugar in a medium saucepan and melt together over a medium heat. Cook for 3 mins until the mixture turns to a light caramel.
• Stir in the apples and cook for 3 mins. Add 115g blackberries and ¼ tsp ground cinnamon, and cook for 3 mins more.
• Cover, remove from the heat, then leave for 2-3 mins to continue cooking in the warmth of the pan.
• To serve, spoon the warm fruit into an ovenproof gratin dish, top with the crumble mix, then reheat in the oven for 5-10 mins. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Steps:

• Combine 2 half-pints raspberries with the blueberries, sugar, and 3/4 cup water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, and cook uncovered over medium to low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar is a syrup and the berries have released their juices, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in the remaining half-pint of raspberries and the Framboise, if using.
• Place 3/4 cup stewed berries in a bowl. Add a large scoop of ice cream to each bowl, and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Peel, quarter and core the apples, then roughly chop. Tip into a saucepan with the cinnamon, lemon zest and juice. Cook over a low heat until soft, then take off the heat and stir in the sugar, blackberries and breadcrumbs.
• Generously butter an 18cm deep tin or Charlotte mould. Cut the bread into the shapes you need to cover the base and sides of your tin. Dip one side of each piece of bread in the melted butter, then place in the tin, buttered side down, with each piece slightly overlapping. Spoon in the fruit, then make a buttery bread lid cover. Bake for 1 hr until the lid is crisp. Carefully turn onto a plate, leaving the tin on, leave for 15 mins, then lift off.