Blackberry Syrup Recipe
By
Regan Burns
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Blackberry syrup is an easy way to add a splash of ripe summer flavor to drinks. We love a dash of this stuff in our iced tea or lemonade, or mixed with London dry gin or vodka and seltzer for a grown-up soda pop. You can use this method to make raspberry, cherry, or just about any other berry syrup.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups frozen or fresh blackberries
INSTRUCTIONS
- Combine sugar, water, and blackberries in a small saucepan, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally.
- When mixture boils, reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 5 minutes, gently crushing blackberries against side of pan. Remove the pan from heat and let mixture steep for 15 minutes.
- Strain blackberry syrup through a fine mesh strainer into a clean container. Refrigerate until cold, and store covered in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.
Ribena is black currant.. but I guess you could. I would dilute a bit, as Ribena is likely stronger than a homemade simple syrup.
I'm in the UK; could you use Ribena???
I have a recipe from the cookbook that came with my first Vita-Mix (17 or so years ago) that I love and that's appropriate for all fruits as far as I've been able to determine. Place 3 cups fresh or frozen fruit, 1 1/2 cups sugar (more or less to taste), and 1 tsp. Fruit-Fresh (if you can find it; I cant) into the Vita-Mix, gradually increase speed to High, and run 5 - 7 minutes (until steaming). You shouldn't need to strain it but you can if you like. This makes the most delicious, intensely flavored syrups I've ever tasted (no water!) but you need a Vita-Mix.
You don't need it so much to sweeten the blackberries as because you are making a simple syrup that's infused with blackberries. If you used less sugar you would have blackberry water, not blackberry syrup.
That is a lot of sugar - are your blackberries /that/ tart? I've been drinking half-blackberry-puree/half-milk concoctions all summer & need only about 1 1/2 teaspoons of sugar for 1 cup blackberry puree.
incredible stuff !! i bought lots of blackberries fm costco and made this syrup. i like to serve this just with some sparkling water or plain iced water as a drink. it tastes like something straight out of heaven !