So popular, my Easy Blackberry & Apple Jam is simple to make, utterly delicious and made with no added pectin. It’s also uses just one pot unlike some recipes.Once you tasted this amazing jam you’ll be foraging for blackberries every year just to make it!
I recently went out foraging for apples and blackberries locally and although the apples weren’t up to much the blackberries were fab if a little difficult to pick.
Long sleeves, trousers, socks and a stick are must haves if you don’t want to get scratched and stung and another time I would bring gardening gloves too.It took me over an hour to gather just 600 g as I think I’m not the only forager locally!
This weekend I went to a car boot sale at a local farm where I managed to pick the same amount in about 20 minutes so it really is about being in the right place at the right time.
I could have come home and made a blackberry and apple crumble or some such dessert but that would have put all my hard work to such a quick and frivolous use.
No, it had to be Blackberry & Apple or Bramble Jam to preserve the fruits of my labours so to speak. If I’m honest I do think I’ve fallen in love with jam making and if you’ve not tried it yet then I can’t recommend it highly enough. #
I haven’t had one disaster with jam making which I can’t say for many other areas of cooking!
I researched various recipes and found that most of them wanted the blackberries and apples cooked separately which after spending so long picking the fruit seemed like an exercise I didn’t want to go through.
So I was pleased to then find a recipe in “The Classic 1000 Recipes” book (Foulsham) where the fruits were boiled in the same pan.
Hence I adapted this recipe and gave some flesh to the bones of the method to make my Easy Blackberry & Apple Jam!
My family loved this jam and even my pip hating husband did too. I think it tasted all the better for having foraged the blackberries and we have enough jars to take us into the winter as I made 6 jars of varying sizes.
As usual just before you start jam making just wash your jars and lids in hot soapy water, fill with boiling water, empty and then pop in the oven for 20 mins at 120°C and leave in there until your jam is ready.
More blackberry & foraged fruit preserve recipes:
- Blackberry & Apple Jelly
- Blackberry & Raspberry Jam
- Easy Blackberry Curd
- Tutti Frutti Jam
- Traditional Blackberry Jam
- Simple Elderberry Jam
I know you’ll love this Easy Blackberry & Apple Jam as much as I do. Don’t forget to tag @FabFood4All when you make it as I love seeing my recipes come to life!
Pin my Easy Blackberry & Apple Jam for later!
Easy Blackberry & Apple Jam
A simple and delicious Blackberry and Apple Jam where the fruits are all cooked in one pot with no added pectin.
Ingredients
- 600 g Blackberries washed & drained
- 500 g Bramley apples peeled, cored and cut into berry sized chunks
- 1.1 kg Granulated sugar
- 300 ml Water
- 10 g Butter
Instructions
Put the water and apple chunks in a preserving pan (or similar) and simmer gently until soft (about 5 mins).
- Add the blackberries, bring to the boil and simmer until soft (about 15 – 20 mins).
- Add the sugar off the heat stirring to dissolve the crystals.
- Heat the pan gently to ensure all the sugar dissolves, then boil rapidly for 10 mins stirring regularly.
- Take off the heat and test a large drop of jam on a chilled saucer and if it crinkles after a couple of mins it’s ready.
- If not boil for another 2 mins and repeat test until ready.
- Remove excess scum with a slotted spoon and then stir in the butter to remove the rest.
- Ladle into sterilised jars. Makes 1.8 kg.
Recipe Notes
Before you start jam making just wash your jars and lids in hot soapy water, fill with boiling water, empty and then pop in the oven for 20 mins at 120°C and leave in there until your jam is ready.
Felicity Edwards
I have made this recipe a couple of times although it sets there seems to be quite a lot of liquid,
Should I reduce the amount I put in with the fruit.
Camilla
Hi Felicity, does it look like my scone picture or would you jam run off down the sides? It is a fairly soft set jam. You could try boiling for a little longer for a firmer set or reduce the water if it bothers you.
Felicity Edwards
I will certainly make it again I will boil it a little longer
Thank you.
Harry Hawkins
Do you not need to use pectin at all?
Thank you!
Camilla
Hi Harry, no I don’t use pectin in any of my recipes, just lemon juice for low pectin fruits. Cooking apples are bursting with pectin so there is no need for even lemon juice.
Gill
Great recipe just made 5 jars . How long will it last please
Camilla
Hi Jill, any homemade jam is best for flavour and colour in the first year but it will keep for years in a cool dark place. Once opened just keep in the fridge.
Robyn
I have made this twice now with crab apples and both times it turned out amazing! Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Camilla
Awesome Robyn, thank you for letting me know:-)
Janeece
Many thanks for this jam recipe- made 6 jars today. Initially thought I hadn’t got the testing correct but just tasted it – consistency & flavour – super!
Many thanks – my first time at making jam – at 60! Never too late to learn…..
Camilla
Yay Janeece, so glad you nailed it:-)
Tracey
I went foraging this morning and by this afternoon I have jam and it’s lovely
Great easy recipe thank you
Camilla
Excellent Tracey, it’s such a wonderful jam, enjoy:-)
Julie G
Thank you Camilla for such an easy recipe to follow, I’m in my 50’s and have to confess I’ve never made jam before, lots of recipes seem so complicated then I found yours. I did have to boil it for a lot longer, I got to a point where I thought I’d failed in my attempt then as if by magic, it became jam!! Delicious thank you, you’ve restored my faith in jam making, I’ll definitely be attempting some of your other jam recipes.
Camilla
Yay Julie, I’m so glad you like the recipe, it’s never too late to start jam making:-) I put the timings in as a guide but of course there are so many variables like the water content of your fruit, how much moisture was lost during the simmering stage etc. I hope your try some of my other jams now too:-)
Mark
My first try ever, great result. Thanks so much for the instructions Even the wife approved!
Camilla
Excellent Mark, so pleased you had success with the recipe:-)
Francesca
Hi, This looks delicious! I didn’t have any apples when I foraged my blackberries the other day so froze them. Now that I have apples, do I need to adapt the recipe timings, measurements or any other aspect of the method to accommodate the fact the blackberries are frozen? Thank you Francesca
Camilla
Hi Francesca, I would just proceed as per the recipe:-)
Marion king
Excellent jam
Camilla
Thank you Marion, so glad you like it:-)
Carol
I found your recipe for Blackberry & Apple Jam and as we had just been foraging for blackberries and the apples on our tree were ripe I thought I would give it a try and oh my goodness it is amazing. So easy, simple and quick. Made 6 jars plus a little left over which delicious over Greek yogurt. A definite winner in our house. Thank you
Camilla
Awesome Carol, so glad you like the recipe, it’s one of my favourite jams:-)