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Submitted by ypm on Tue, 07/28/2009 - 09:37


YOUR PRODUCE MAN'S

Berry Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED BLACKBERRY COBBLER

Ingredients

6 cup               Blackberries

1 ½ cup           Brown Sugar

1 ½ cup           Old-Fashioned Oats (not instant)

1 cup               Flour

½ cup              Parmesan Cheese (freshly grated)

1 tsp                Salt

6 oz                 Butter (chilled and cut into ¼” pieces)

Instructions

  • Place fruit in bottom of lightly buttered 9x12” baking dish.
  • In separate bowl, mix sugar, oats, flour, cheese and salt.
  • With a hand mixer, or your finger tips, quickly mix butter pieces into sugar mixture to form a coarse meal.  Mixture should be loose and crumbly.
  • Gently sprinkle topping mixture over the fruit.
  • Bake in a pre-heated oven, 375 degrees for about 35 minutes or until top is lightly browned and fruit is bubbling.
  • Serve warm over vanilla ice cream.  Invite Your Produce Man over for some!

BLACKBERRY REFRESHER

Ingredients

½ cup              Sugar

½ cup              Water

7 cup               Fresh Blackberries

2 cup               Orange Juice

½ cup              Lemon Juice

1 ½ cup           Cold Water

Instructions

  • Wash Blackberries just before you use them.
  • Combine sugar and ½ cup water in a small saucepan.  Cook over a medium heat until sugar dissolves, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat and chill.
  • Mash berries.  As an option, you can also press them through a strainer to remove seeds.
  • Combine berries with orange juice, lemon juice.  Add the sugar syrup.  Chill until very cold.
  • Just before you serve this, add 1 ½ cup of cold water.
  • You could throw it in a blender with some ice cubes if you want.

TANGY BLACKBERRY CHUTNEY

Ingredients

1 ea                 Onion (chopped)

1 TBS              Garlic (minced)

3 TBS              Olive Oil

½ - ¾ cup        Light Brown Sugar

¼ cup              White Wine Vinegar

1 ½ tsp            Salt

1 tsp                Ground Cumin

½ tsp               Ground Cinnamon

½ tsp               Nutmet (preferably freshly grated)

¼ tsp               Cayenne Pepper

4 cups             Peaches (sliced)

1 cup               Blackberries

½ cup              Walnut halves and pieces

Instructions

  • In a large frying pan, saute onion and garlic in olive oil over low heat.
  • Stir in brown sugar, vinegar, salt, cumin, cinnamon, nutmeg and cayenne pepper, blending well.
  • Add peaches, blackberries and nuts.
  • Continue cooking over low heat for 12 – 15 minutes, until fruit is lightly cooked.
  • Let cool.
  • For best taste, cover and refrigerate overnight before serving.