If you’d like to make jelly I have this recipe: https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/easy-blackberry-apple-jelly-video-tutorial/

Should I use muslin prior to to heat or after?

Excellent Lucie. Yes you will get a seal as the jam cools down and forms a vacuum.

I use muslin over a bowl to remove seeds, as I like it as a jelly.

Excellent Jenna, so glad you like the recipe. I imagine as your blackberries were frozen they held their shape more so a good idea to give a little mash:-)

Have just finished making a double batch of this with frozen brambles I picked last year and fresh raspberries that I got cheap this morning. I had to mash the brambles ever so slightly at the end as they were mostly still whole, but it’s absolutely gorgeous, very easy to make and will go down a treat with my b&b guest’s. Thanks for the recipe.

Hi Gail, I’m wondering why you’d want to freeze something that is already preserved and will last for years. Most food you put in the freezer only lasts for 3 months in there. This is not a freezer jam which is made completely differently and has to be frozen in order to preserve it.

Hi Carlene, pectin is found in fruit in varying quantities and helps the jam to set. Low pectin fruits either need additional pectin or I prefer to use lemon juice which aids the set. Sugar is the preservative.

Herbert I think you just need to sieve it but you’d need one of those large cone style ones I imagine!

Thanks Maya:-)

Hi Kelli, I keep all jams in a cool dark place after making and in the fridge once opened. The jam should last a couple of years I believe but it never lasts anywhere near that long in our house and particularly this one as it’s my favourite;-)

Great, I’ve just used up the last of ours!

I get a thrill each year picking brambles:-)

This is this year’s plan, there are so many brambles about 5 minutes walk from my home! That’s if I get there first! Really looking forward to it, it’s been so long since I had any

Thank you:-)

Excuse me while I just try and squeeze my head through this door:-)

Wonderful!

Good luck:-)

Thanks:-) That is strange as it’s been such an early start to the bramble season this year!

It has in deed been a bumper year:-)

We have plenty of blackberries this so I think I’ll have a go at making my own jam this year.

Thanks Jeanne:-) Last year a had a hiker’s stick with me which was really useful for pushing branches out of the way, sadly I lent it out and it got broken so just me and lots of scratches this year!

Oh how true it is that the fattest blackberries are always JUST out of reach!! 😉 I always take along tall hubby and his long arms! Lovely simple jam recipe – thanks for sharing and for linking to me.

Yes picking brambles does come with quite a lot of pain and scratches but I suppose it all adds to the experience! No pain, no gain as they say!

Thanks Paul:-)

Thanks Vicki:-)

Nothing beats homemade jam, these are stunning! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays

Thanks Elizabeth, it’s so satisfying isn’t it!

Aah thanks, that put a smile on my face when I read that:-) I just love making jam!

Me too, have just realised I should have put a link to my Blackberry & Apple Jam too LOL!

Aah, thank you for your kind words:-)

Thanks Heather, hope you enjoy it:-)

Thanks Jen, we managed to avoid the rain today:-)

Yes I expect all the rain you get makes them plumper:-)