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 taste 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 I didn’t want to 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. After spending so long picking the fruit this 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 140°C (120°C fan) and leave in there until your jam is ready.
Storage & Shelf Life
This Blackberry & Apple Jam should be kept in a cool, dark, dry place (I keep mine in a cupboard in my garage). It’s best eaten within the first 12 months but will be shelf stable for years.
Once open store in fridge and use a clean spoon to prolong shelf life. Will last for many months.
More blackberry & foraged fruit preserve recipes:
- Easy Seedless Blackberry Jam
- 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!
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Easy Blackberry & Apple Jam
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 hot sterilised jars and screw lids on immediately.
- Makes 1.8 kg.
Rhona
Hi! Thanks for this easy jam recipe! My 9 year old daughter & her friend came in with blackberries asking to make jam! So I sent them back for some more, whilst I searched for a recipe. We picked apples from our tree and the jam making commenced!! We enjoyed every minute of making it and now they both have a jar of gloriously red shiny jam! It is lovely! (I halved the ingredients as we didn’t have loads)
Camilla
Fabulous Rhona, so glad your daughter and her friend have delved into the lovely world of jam making – it’s so satisfying:-)
Leslie
Having looked all over the Internet and through my cookbooks for a decent jam recipe, I found your to be the simplest. Your feedback to people’s questions are very useful. Have just made 6 jars of this jam and it is scrummy. I peeled and cored the apples before weighing, but it didn’t seem to make any difference to the jam. Thank you!
Camilla
Thank you Leslie, I think that’s why this recipe Googles at No 1 if you type in Easy Blackberry & Apple Jam as like you I couldn’t find a simple recipe and using 2 pans just seemed a nonsense to me! Glad you’re enjoying the jam, it is one of my favourites:-)
Bel
Hi, I’m just about to embark on a batch, do I need to put a circle of grease proof paper in the top of the jar after filling?
Many thanks
Camilla
Not if you’re using a screw on lid, only if you were using cellophane with elastic band:-)
Simon
Hi
I started making jam last year…based on your recipe. Thank you. I made 45 jars then. Today I have made 22 jars of blackberry and small elderberry . I’ll probably make another 8/10 next week with 50/50 blackberry and elderberry. The elderberry gives it a lot of depth. Thank you so much for your recipe. Simon
Camilla
Hi Simon, that’s lovely to hear, so glad to have inspired you! Sounds like you have your own cottage industry in the making! I’ve never used elderberries but now I know where the local Eldberberry trees are I should go and look for some:-) Camilla
Wendy Thomas
Thank you for this fabulous easy recipe! Unfortunately I didn’t read through these comments before I started so I used 500g of Bramleys after peeling and coring…but it still turned out delicious!
Camilla
Glad it turned out well, I think jam is quite forgiving with slight variations of fruit content:-)
Elaine
Made this jam this afternoon, tastes brilliant, and easy to follow! 🙂 Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Camilla
Excellent Elaine, thank you for your feedback:-)
Crystal
I’m from the US so Bramley apples are not available here. Can any other apple be used in this recipe?
Camilla
Hi Crystal, a Bramley Apple is a sour cooking apple, do you have something similar in the States?
Dawn
Once made how long does it keep for ?
Camilla
If kept in a dark cool place then at least a year if not much longer but it’s so good I don’t think keeping will be a problem:-)
Kathy
My grandmother used to make blackberry & apple jam and she used to add whole cloves in a little muslin bag, I do that too & it’s delicious. Just squish the muslin a few times as its cooking. I also find that using just a little sure set sugar is enough to set jam after a 5 minute boil.
Camilla
What a lovely food memory, thanks for sharing with my readers who might like to try this:-)
Martina Evans
wow the end result looks fantastic, I bet the jam tastes amazing as well! I’ve never made my own jam before but I would love to try 😀 I just love blackberries!
Camilla
It is such a wonderful jam Martina, it’s no wonder it’s my most popular post ever:-)