Blackberry (fruit)

Blackberries

A blackberry or dewberry is the edible fruit of one of the numerous types of blackberries ( Rubus sectio Rubus ). The fruits are partly harvested from wild blackberries, but usually come from blackberry cultures. In the kitchen, blackberries are usually used for sweets and desserts, they can be used for jams , jellies , red fruit jelly , sorbets , juices , mixed drinks, wine , liqueurs and brandy, cakes and tarts and other desserts.

features

Blackberry ripe fruits

When ripe, blackberries are mostly black and shiny fruits, and more rarely red and black fruits, which are composed of individual partial fruits that are juicy and sourish-sweet in taste. Botanical is collecting drupes , which are formed from the individual carpels and wherein each part of fruit in the building stone fruit represents. Accordingly, each partial fruit has a thin outer skin and a core (stone) in which the blackberry seed is located. In contrast to the raspberry , which has a comparable structure , the fruit cannot be picked without the flower base, as it is firmly attached to it.

season

In the temperate zones of Europe and North America, blackberries are ripe from the end of July to September, and sometimes until October. The fruits are eaten fresh or processed during this time. Outside the European season, the fruits are usually available fresh as imported goods and as frozen food , sometimes mixed with other berries, or in sugar syrup .

use

Foamed Brie with blackberries and red mustard

Blackberries ( Baies de ronce in French ) are eaten fresh or used in the kitchen to prepare numerous dishes, including jams, jellies, red fruit jelly, sorbet, fruit juice, wine and liqueurs, cakes and tarts and other desserts. In addition, other and more hearty dishes are also possible, for example in combination with cheese.

Blackberry jams and jellies

Cheese rolls with blackberry jam

Blackberry jam and jelly are the most important in terms of quantity, both commercially and privately produced from blackberries.

For the private production of blackberry jams, cleaned and pureed blackberries are mixed with a preserving sugar in a ratio of 2: 1 and brought to the boil. After a successful gelling test , the mass is filled hot into suitable vessels and sealed. Combinations with other fruits or ingredients are particularly common in the private sector. Blackberries are often mixed with other berries such as boysenberries , raspberries , blueberries and currants and processed together to make a jam; some of these combinations are marketed commercially as wild berry or wild berry jams. Other fruits that blackberries can be combined with are apricots , oranges , cherries or strawberries . Blackberry jams can also be flavored with mint , cinnamon , coconut or other ingredients. Industrially produced jams usually contain pectins , especially apple pectin , as a gelling agent and citric acid or lemon juice concentrate as an acidifier .

Blackberry jelly is made from blackberry juice, which is also mixed with preserving sugar. Due to the liquid consistency, however, the mixing ratio in this case is 3: 1. Pectins are also used industrially here. Blackberry jelly can also be combined or flavored with other fruits.

Blackberry jam and jelly are used both as a spread and as an ingredient or addition to other dishes.

Blackberry desserts

Blackberry pie covered with decorative pieces of dough

Typical dishes with blackberries include cakes such as the English Blackberrie Pie , in which a cake base ( pie bowl ) is filled with sugar-coated blackberries, seasoned with cinnamon and grated lemon zest , and covered with puff pastry coated with an egg . The Blackberry and Apple Pie , in which apple slices are also placed in the cake, is also typical . When preparing the Bernese style , blackberries are macerated with maraschino and sugar and filled into tartlets that have already been baked, coated with currant jelly and sprinkled with pistachios .

In a preparation as Astoria hollowed and poached apples with poached with kirsch and crossed apricot jam flavored and filled bound blackberries. The filled apples are coated with apricot jam (apricot) and sprinkled with chopped and roasted almonds.

To make a blackberry pudding, the blackberries are poached in red wine with lemon peel and cinnamon, then passed through a sieve, boiled with sugar and bound with starch . The still hot mass is subjected to whipped egg whites and mixed with still whole and raw blackberries. The mass is poured into a charlotte mold and, as soon as it has cooled down, turned over and covered with vanilla sauce ( napped ).

Blackberry drinks

Typical beverages and beverage ingredients made from blackberries include non-alcoholic syrups and juices as well as alcoholic wines and liqueurs.

Non-alcoholic beverages with blackberries can be made from or with the fresh or frozen fruits. For the production of juices, the ripe fruits are usually juiced while hot with steam . For other blackberry drinks, however, the ripe fruits can also be mixed with other ingredients and mashed, for example with sugar, lemon juice, soda water and ice cubes as a chilled blackberry drink or with milk and ice cream as a milkshake or “blackberry milk freeze ”. To make syrup, blackberry juice is concentrated with sugar syrup.

"Float" a Brombeerlikörs on the cocktail Bramble over crushed ice

Like other fruit wines, blackberry wine is made from ripe blackberries and sugar through a fermentation process using wine yeast . The blackberry liqueur is a typical fruit juice liqueur in which the fruits are macerated in alcohol and thus receive a comparatively high alcohol content. Blackberry liqueurs are commercially available, among others as "creme de mûre", "croatzbeere" or simply under the name "blackberry liqueur". Blackberry, as well, blackberry syrup in cocktails are used, for example in Bramble (English for blackberry in the blackberry), a mixture of Gin , lemon juice and sugar syrup is "floated".

Blackberry spirit is a berry brandy based on blackberries with an alcohol content of 45% by volume, which is mainly produced in South Tyrol and the Black Forest. Blackberry brandy is sometimes used as an additive with around 10% in the production of blackberry brandy .

supporting documents

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Blackberries, Kratzbeeren." In: F. Jürgen Herrmann (Hrsg.): Herings Lexikon der Küche. Fachbuchverlag Pfanneberg, Haan-Gruiten 2012 (licensed edition Nikol, Hamburg 2016); P. 614. ISBN 978-3-86820-344-8 .

↑ "Blackberry Drink ." In: International Drinks. Lingen Verlag, Cologne, no date; P. 60

↑ "Blackberry Milk Frost". In: Siegfried Späth: Mixing without alcohol. Falcken Verlag, Niedernhausen 1988; P. 36. ISBN 3-8068-0935-6

↑ Creme de Mûre on the Monin company website ; accessed on July 7, 2018.

^ "Blackberry Liqueur." In: International Drinks. Lingen Verlag, Cologne, no date; P. 59

↑ Marco Beier: Facts: The top 6 modern gin drinks. In: Mixology magazine for bar culture. Retrieved August 15, 2017 .

^ "Blackberry Spirit." In: International Drinks. Lingen Verlag, Cologne, no date; P. 59

Web links

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[Hering-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Blackberries, Kratzbeeren." In: F. Jürgen Herrmann (Hrsg.): Herings Lexikon der Küche. Fachbuchverlag Pfanneberg, Haan-Gruiten 2012 (licensed edition Nikol, Hamburg 2016); P. 614. ISBN 978-3-86820-344-8 .