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.
Sharon Andrews
Can I make the jam using half the amount of apples.
Camilla
I wouldn’t, this jam is just perfectly balanced for flavour.
Mike
The apples add the pectin, reducing the apples may give setting problems unless you use “jam sugar” which has added pectin
All That I'm Eating
Camilla this is such a great colour and the texture looks just perfect for spreading on toast, cakes and all sorts!
Camilla
Thank you so much, it is so delicious:-)
Anne Fox
I am 57 years old and never made jam in my life, but followed this recipe and was so excited and proud of myself. The jam is perfect and so easy to make, the only down side is family wanted a jar each so was only left with one jar for myself. I have since made another batch and tucked that away in the cupboard. I have now made marmalade too. I am hooked on making jams, its just awesome.
Camilla
Aaw that’s awesome Anne, I was a latecomer to jam making too and it is highly addictive isn’t it:-) So glad you like the recipe and you can now work your way through my other jams:-)
Gaynor
I have just made this and it is soooo easy and lovely. I added a bit of blackberry creme de cassis at the cooking stage …. Delish
Camilla
Great Gaynor, what a fab idea! I just made some more myself yesterday:-)
Grace Bagshaw
Just wondering if you could use frozen blackberries for this recipe? I have quite a lot in the freezer from last year still. Thanks.
Camilla
I don’t see why not Grace, the jam might need a little extra time boiling though before it reaches setting point.
Grace
Thank you. I’ll give it a go.
Heather Sturman
I always use blackberries I’ve previously frozen. Just let them thaw in the pan before adding sugar.
Grace
Thank you. Good to know it works!
Sheila
My jam wouldn’t set although I followed all instructions?
Camilla
Hi Sheila, I usually say to keep boiling the jam until it passes the plate test, did your jam go jelly like on a cold saucer before you jarred it up? Otherwise just pop it all back in a pan, re-sterilise your jars and keep boiling until it does pass the plate test.
foodteacher
Just wanted to say thank you for sharing the recipe. I am a food teacher and have just made this with my class. It turned out great. 🙂
Camilla
Oh wow, I am so filled with joy (and moved) to hear this. I won the school prize for Home-Economics and had the best teacher in the world so am very touched that you shared my recipe with your pupils:-) We never made jam at school, just chutney so I only picked up my wooden spoon a few years ago and have been making up for lost time ever since:-)
Laura Tovey
I love this!!
Paul Wilson
Good time of year for jam making.
Traceymarie
Hi Camilla just wanted to let you how amazing and easy to follow your recipe is having collect Blackberries and Apples from my grandfather’s backyard I made Jam for the first time ever and what success it was I got so many compliments thank you so much definitely be making more. X
Camilla
Fabulous Tracey so pleased your first experience making jam was with my recipe and was a success. Hope you check out some more of my jam recipes, I’d say the Plum and Apple is a good one for this time of year and has a beautiful flavour and colour:-)