blackberry puree

Have you noticed that you haven't been eating all those luscious wild

blackberries that you picked in the end of summer? 

 I've noticed.

Bags of the delicious things that I fought brambles and aggressive cats

 for are just sitting in my freezer. 

 It's all those seeds! 

 My morning smoothies with them

had at least a thousand seeds in the last swallow - not good.

So, I decided to make a wonderful blackberry puree.

Now I am using them in everything!  In my smoothies, added to sparkling water for a 

"soda", as a syrup on greek yogurt, as the base for sauce for sautéed chicken breasts 

the list goes on.

I do this with raspberries too and it freezes well.

Place the berries in a heavy bottom sauté pan with

a bit of a sweetener if very tart ( used 1/4 cup coconut crystals to 8 cups blackberries)

a few T of water ( I added 4) and the juice of 1/2 a lemon

Heat this on medium high heat just until it begins to boil.

Immediately remove from heat and place in a food processor

Process until pureed

Pour puree into a tight mesh strainer over a bowl and push the

puree through the strainer, leaving the seeds behind

Deep dark deliciousness with no seeds!!

Let it cool and store in fridge or freeze in small batches for

easy access.

Enjoy!

Kyra