Spiced Blackberry Cordial Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Add crushed blackberries to brandy in a wide mouthed juice bottle.
• 2. Let steep for 2 weeks in a dark corner. Shake bottle briefly each day.
• 3. Strain liquid from blackberry/brandy solution. Use a coffee filter for a second straining.
• 4. Add back to clean bottle with honey, spices, and orange peel. Close and shake well.
• 5. Let steep for a month minimum. Strain and add back peel if you like. Shake occasionally to mix up harmless deposits from the honey.

Steps:

• Combine the blackberries with water and spices in a medium saucepan, and bring just to boil. Reduce heat and cook on low for 30 minutes. Gently crush the berries against the side of the saucepan while it simmers. Without mashing the berries in the strainer, strain the berries through a fine sieve into a pyrex bowl. Add brown sugar and stir until dissolved. Set aside to cool.
• Stir in Cognac or Brandy and pour into bottles. Tightly seal the bottles and store in a cool dark place for about 2 weeks.

Steps:

• Fill quart jars with blackberries. Pour vodka in to cover berries. Put on the lids and put jars in a cool, dark place and forget about them for 2 to 4 weeks. Then, pour contents through a strainer and reserve liquid. In a heavy saucepan combine sugar and water and bring to boil, long enough to dissolve sugar. When this syrup cools a bit, add to blackberry liquid and stir. Pour liquid into container of choice and put in freezer. When chilled, it's good as is or, as we tried it, in a juice glass with ginger ale. It's indescribably good.

Steps:

• Pour the sugar into a 1 quart jar. Fill the remaining space with berries, but do not pack down. Fill the jar with vodka so that the berries are completely covered. Seal the jar. Let the jar stand for 2 months, shaking the jar every week. The sugar should dissolve, and the vodka will become colored.
• Strain the liquid through a metal sieve, and then through a coffee filter to remove the fruit. Pour into pretty bottles. Drink as a cordial, or use it to flavor lemonade or iced tea.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a jar/ container.
• Place the jar in a cool dark place for 24 hours, turning occasionally to combine.
• Strain into a bottle.
• Store in refrigerator.
• Serve with soda water.
• Discarded berries very good over ice cream!

Steps:

• In a large bowl, crush berries and sugar with potato masher.
• Add to slow cooker and stir in 1 qt water, peppercorns, bay leaves, and lemon zest.
• Cover and cook over low heat for 2-1/2 hours. Stir, increase heat to high, and cook 1-1/2 hours
• Strain through fine mesh sieve without pressing on berries. Stir maple syrup into blackberry juice and let cool.
• Stir in brandy, if using. Refrigerate up to 1 month.
• With brandy use as a cocktail with seltzer over ice, or as a sauce for pork or chicken.
• Without brandy, whisk with olive oil for a vinaigrette, or simmer until thick and pour over pancakes, waffles, or ice cream.