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Jelly · From Bladwijzer

Blackberry jelly

Updated on 9 October 2026

• Makes: ± 4 jars
• Time: 45 min + 3 hours draining
• From: Bramble

Ingredients

• 1.5 kg blackberries
• 150 ml water
• juice of 1 lemon
• gelling sugar 2:1: 500 g per litre of juice

Method

1. Heat the blackberries with the water and simmer gently for 10 minutes, crushing them as they cook.
2. Pour everything into a sieve lined with a damp cloth and leave to drip for at least 3 hours.
3. Measure the juice and bring it to the boil with the gelling sugar and lemon juice.
4. Keep at a rolling boil for 4 minutes, skim off the foam and do the cold-plate test.
5. Pour the hot jelly into clean, hot jars and close at once.

Storing: Unopened, a year in a cool, dark place; once opened, keep in the fridge.