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Make a blackberry syrup or gummies - PEP BB medicine.sand.syrup.blackberry

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

For this BB, you will create blackberry syrup or gummies using the plant material you harvested.

Additional Information:
BBC Good Food article on blackberries

Minimum requirements:
  - Create  syrup and/or gummies
  - Use blackberries

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (< 2 minutes):
 - Harvested plant material (either being harvested or just harvested)
 - Making the syrup and or gummies with a description or link to the recipe you used
 - Finished syrup or gummies in a labeled container

Clarifications:
 - Honey infusions do not qualify for this BB

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Picked Himalayan blackberries (Rubus discolor) and a few Evergreen blackberries (Rubus laciniatus) to make syrup. I ended up using 5 cups blackberries, 1.5 cups sugar, 1 cup water, and juice of half a lime since I didn't have any lemons.  The result was just shy of one quart of syrup.
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Harvesting
Harvesting
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Ingredients
Ingredients
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Begin heating
Begin heating
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Mash
Mash
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Boil 2 minutes
Boil 2 minutes
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Sterilize jar and lid
Sterilize jar and lid
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Strain
Strain
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Add to jar
Add to jar
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Completed syrup in labelled jar
Completed syrup in labelled jar
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Recipe
Recipe

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I made blackberry syrup from the last of my foraged blackberries - although I imagine I'll go picking again before the season is out!

I like to use fruit syrups as a vitamin C booster over the winter, which is long and dark here in a valley. I will likely make a rosehip and sea buckthorn syrup too.

Method:

* 5 cups blackberries
* 5 cups water
* 3 cups granulated sugar
* splash lemon juice

1. Bring the blackberries to the boil, turn down the heat and then simmer until soft.
2. Remove the blackberries from the hob and drain the liquid through a sieve. Discard the pulp (or re-use for a dessert!).
3. Combine the sugar, lemon juice and the liquid, heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Keep at heat for a while to gently reduce and allow the pectin reaction to take place.
4. Pour into a heated, sterilised jar or bottle and seal whilst hot.
5. Leave for 24 hours in a cool, dark spot before using.


I made a large jar and a bottle of syrup. It's a beautiful, deep purple colour.
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One of the brambles I harvested from
One of the brambles I harvested from
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Simmering the berries
Simmering the berries
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Labelled
Labelled

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A simpler recipe on my end.

2 cups blackberries;
1 1/2 cup sugar;
2/3 cup water.

Put everything in a pot, turn on the heat, mash the berries, bring to a boil. Lower to a simmer, and keep it there for 10-15 minutes. Then remove from heat, strain, and let cool.
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Forgot to take a picture while it was simmering, so here it is straining instead
Forgot to take a picture while it was simmering, so here it is straining instead
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And here it is labelled, after seeing some use
And here it is labelled, after seeing some use
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For clarification
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To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (< 2 minutes):
- Harvested plant material (either being harvested or just harvested)
- Making the syrup and or gummies with a description or link to the recipe you used
- Finished syrup or gummies in a labeled container



I've been harvesting blackberries over the last couple of weeks, and I put some in the freezer to make juicing them easier. I mashed the thawed berries a bit with a spoon and strained out the juice.

My recipe:
7.35 oz of blackberry juice
Approximately 1.5 tablespoons of sugar
A squeeze of lemon juice
Simmer until syrup is reduced to my liking. I ended up with 3.2 oz of syrup.
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Harvesting blackberries
Harvesting blackberries
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Berries frozen and thawed in a jar
Berries frozen and thawed in a jar
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Straining the juice
Straining the juice
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7.35 oz of juice
7.35 oz of juice
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Simmering to reduce the juice
Simmering to reduce the juice
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The final amount of 3.2 oz
The final amount of 3.2 oz
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Blackberry syrup in its labeled jar
Blackberry syrup in its labeled jar

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Blackberry Gummy Recipie:
4 cups blackberries
2 packets gelatine
1 cup of water

Harvested Blackberries

4 cups of Blackberries

add water. macerate over medium low heat.

strain the solids out and feed to your chickens.

2 cups of juice back in the pot

back over the heat. 1 packet of gelatine for each cup of juice. stir until dissolved.

pour into a dish and place in the refrigerator for 3 hours.

Solid

Sliced.


It tastes exactly like you would expect gummies from wild blackberries would taste.

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R Parian wrote:This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

For this BB, you will create blackberry syrup or gummies using the plant material you harvested.

Additional Information:
BBC Good Food article on blackberries

Minimum requirements:
  - Create  syrup and/or gummies
  - Use blackberries

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (< 2 minutes):
 - Harvested plant material (either being harvested or just harvested)
 - Making the syrup and or gummies with a description or link to the recipe you used
 - Finished syrup or gummies in a labeled container

Clarifications:
 - Honey infusions do not qualify for this BB

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Harvesting blackberries
Harvesting blackberries
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For my syrup, I used 1cup of blackberries, 3/4cups of organic cane sugar, 1/2cup of water and a squeeze of lemon. I put everything together in a pot and cooked it down until it reach a syrup consistency.
For my syrup, I used 1cup of blackberries, 3/4cups of organic cane sugar, 1/2cup of water and a squeeze of lemon. I put everything together in a pot and cooked it down until it reach a syrup consistency.
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Straining
Straining
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Finished blackberry syrup
Finished blackberry syrup
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R Parian wrote:This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

For this BB, you will create blackberry syrup or gummies using the plant material you harvested.

Additional Information:
BBC Good Food article on blackberries

Minimum requirements:
  - Create  syrup and/or gummies
  - Use blackberries

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (< 2 minutes):
 - Harvested plant material (either being harvested or just harvested)
 - Making the syrup and or gummies with a description or link to the recipe you used
 - Finished syrup or gummies in a labeled container

Clarifications:
 - Honey infusions do not qualify for this BB

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Harvesting blackberries from my garden
Harvesting blackberries from my garden
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I combined 1 cup blackberries, 1/4 cup sugar, and a 1/2 cup water and brought to a simmer. I bloomed 3 Tbs gelatin, added it in and poured it into a container to set.
I combined 1 cup blackberries, 1/4 cup sugar, and a 1/2 cup water and brought to a simmer. I bloomed 3 Tbs gelatin, added it in and poured it into a container to set.
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Finished gummies, they’re not in a jar because they’ll mysteriously disappear very quickly.
Finished gummies, they’re not in a jar because they’ll mysteriously disappear very quickly.
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Finished gummies in a labeled jar. Took this picture just in case after posting the BB
Finished gummies in a labeled jar. Took this picture just in case after posting the BB
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Love the finished result and the fact that they will disappear but unfortunately all requirements have to be met.

 
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I harvested a ton of blackberries for my foraging bb https://permies.com/wiki/80/111859/pep-foraging/Fresh-harvest-list-PEP-BB#2538819

How could I not make syrup and attempt another!

Most of the recipes I saw called for about the same ratio, I used:
6 cups of blackberries
2 cups of water
2 cups of sugar
2 tablespoons of lemon juice

I pressed the berries through my conical food mill, but realized there was too much goodness left to simply discard the stuff which wouldn’t fit through.
I put everything into my 5qt pan, brought to a boil, let simmer a bit longer, then poured and worked through a mesh strainer, then shared the seeds and remainder of the pulp with my chickens.

I ended up making four and a half little jars, or just over a quart. And since I’m not quite ready to try my hand at canning, I put them in the fridge with a 2week expiration date.
And with such a limited time, I plan to give at least two away.
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Harvesting
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All the juice on the sheet pan made it in there too
All the juice on the sheet pan made it in there too
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Cooking
Cooking
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Poor strainer worked its heart out
Poor strainer worked its heart out
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Round 2
Round 2
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Labeled!
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Laura Quick wrote:

Laura Quick wrote:

R Parian wrote:This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

For this BB, you will create blackberry syrup or gummies using the plant material you harvested.

Additional Information:
BBC Good Food article on blackberries

Minimum requirements:
  - Create  syrup and/or gummies
  - Use blackberries

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (< 2 minutes):
 - Harvested plant material (either being harvested or just harvested)
 - Making the syrup and or gummies with a description or link to the recipe you used
 - Finished syrup or gummies in a labeled container

Clarifications:
 - Honey infusions do not qualify for this BB

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Harvesting blackberries
Harvesting blackberries
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I combined 1 cup blackberries, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water and brought to a simmer. I bloomed 3 tbs gelatin, added it in and poured it into a container to set
I combined 1 cup blackberries, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water and brought to a simmer. I bloomed 3 tbs gelatin, added it in and poured it into a container to set
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Finished gummies in a labeled jar
Finished gummies in a labeled jar
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