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Its that time of year in Maryland (actually, its almost past). Tow weeks ago we went picking and brought home a couple pounds of red and purple raspberries, blueberries, and my favorite; black raspberries.
What to do with all this fresh fruit???
Well, after gorging ourselves and still piles of berries, we chose to freeze some (put on baking sheet, slide in freezer, bag after freezing).
I also took a bunch, pitted and added some ripe cherries, and dumped these and a pint of good vanilla ice cream in a silver bullet blender. Processed, then put in the freezer. Turned out great. Light and fruity. Kind of a cross between ice cream and sorbet. I drizzle a bit of Hersey's chocolate syrup on it and go to town.
This week we bought a bunch of local blackberries. Some are three inches long! and delicious.
Good for you too. Fiber, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins.
Its that time of year in Maryland (actually, its almost past). Tow weeks ago we went picking and brought home a couple pounds of red and purple raspberries, blueberries, and my favorite; black raspberries.
What to do with all this fresh fruit???
Well, after gorging ourselves and still piles of berries, we chose to freeze some (put on baking sheet, slide in freezer, bag after freezing).
I also took a bunch, pitted and added some ripe cherries, and dumped these and a pint of good vanilla ice cream in a silver bullet blender. Processed, then put in the freezer. Turned out great. Light and fruity. Kind of a cross between ice cream and sorbet. I drizzle a bit of Hersey's chocolate syrup on it and go to town.
This week we bought a bunch of local blackberries. Some are three inches long! and delicious.
Good for you too. Fiber, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins.
Make some coulis. They probably freeze fine.
I do it all the time with our homegrown raspberries - kids love it on ice-cream. Warm coulis on cold ice cream.
am not crazy over most berries frozen, but blueberries freeze beautifully. I just rinse them off, though them in a plastic bag and sprinkle a little (I mean a little) bit of sugar on them. I stick them in the freezer and have them all winter. Other berries we use for jam. If we have too many yes, putting them on a cooking sheet, freezing and then putting in bags works, but they still seem a little limp to me when defrosted.
Berries so many ways to eat and enjoy them. I use them in Swiss Müsli,pancakes,fruit compote,making jam,juices,smoothies,raspberry vinaigrette,use them in cakes/muffins, cold berry soup with cream of wheat dumplings ,sherbets or ice cream,freeze them or give them away as a gift.
Latley we have been adding the frozen berries in our ice tea, limeade, etc instaed of ice, then when they thaw, drink/eat them through a extra-wide straw!
Berry-picking and chiggers have a permanent connection in my mind. I squirm just thinking about it.
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