Blackberries

How to infuse your favourite spirit with soft fruit

Infusing your favourite spirit, we would recommend gin or vodka, is a great way to experiment with flavours or diversify your drinks trolley, plus they can make perfect gifts or wedding favours!

For some fruit inspiration, we'd recommend trying some of the below, but you can trial most fruits and see how it goes:

• Raspberries
• Blackberries
• Strawberries
• Rhubarb
• Damsons

Serves 2

Ingredients

Blackcurrant coulis

•             400g British (Organic) Blackcurrants frozen
•             140g caster sugar
•             100ml water

Raspberry coulis

•             300g British Raspberries frozen
•             50g sugar        
•             100ml water

Blackberry coulis

•             350g British IQF / Puree/Juicing Blackberries frozen
•             70g sugar
•             100ml water

Summer fruit coulis

•             350g British Summer Fruits frozen
•             70g sugar
•             100ml water

Total time required: 10 minutes

Preparation

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 330g British IQF Blackberries defrosted
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• 250g mascarpone
• 142ml double cream
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Total time required: 20 minutes

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Method

1. Place sugar on top of the blackberries and defrost.
2. Place blackberries and sugar in food processor and blend, then push though a fine sieve.
3. Whisk mascarpone until floppy and fold in blackberry puree and vanilla extract.
4. Lightly whip the cream and fold into the blackberry cream mixture.
5. Place into four glasses.

Serves 16-20

Ingredients

• 300g IQF Blackberries defrosted
• 300g Bramley Apples Slices defrosted
• 175g butter,
• 300g plain flour
• 284ml whipping cream
• 225g golden caster sugar
• 3 eggs

Total time required: 1 hour 5 minutes

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Method

1. Turn on the oven to 200’C, gas 6. Grease roasting tin (30x20cm) with butter and set aside.
2. Place cream and butter into a saucepan and bring to the boil, immediately take off the heat and set aside.
3. Whisk sugar and eggs until they thicken and turn pale.
4. Place the cooled butter/cream mixture into the eggs and fold in the flour to form a smooth mixture.
5. Place b

Serves 4 - 6

Ingredients

For the filling

• 300g frozen British Bramley Apple Slices
• 150g frozen British IQF Blackberries
• 60g demerara sugar
• 60g butter

For the topping

• 160g plain flour
• 80g butter
• 80g demerara sugar

Vanilla ice cream, to serve.

Total time required: 34 minutes

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20-30 minutes

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 220°c/gas mark 7.
2. Place the apples into a pan with the butter and gently cook until the apples soften.
3. Add the sugar – stirring gently until dissolved.
4. Add the blackberries.
5. To make the topping, lightly rub the butter in