5 Ways to Preserve the Blackberry Harvest

by Erica Mueller

These shiny black berries are the perfect blend of sweet and tart, but they're delicate and must be handled with care and eaten or preserved right away!
We've gathered a few ideas for you to use when putting up the harvest!

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Freezing Whole Berries

The secret to freezing berries so they don’t end up a mass of half mashed and half whole berries is to place them in freezer bags after they are frozen. That means freezing them in single layers on baking sheets, then transferring the berries to bags or containers later.

Freezing Pureed Berries

If you enjoy making smoothies or want some smooshed berries to drizzle over a cheesecake, poundcake, or other dessert, then pureeing some blackberries and freezing them might be the way to go. You can puree the berries, then strain out the seeds. Next, put the puree in ice cube trays and freeze!

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Freezer Jam

Faster and easier than canning and the result is a brighter, fresher tasting jam.

Bachelor's Jam

This method of preserving berries in alcohol is quick and easy!

Syrup

Learn to make your own blackberry syrup for pancakes and cheesecake. YUM!

Flickr photo by lelandpaul

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Luis on Jul 24, 2014
My way of preserving them is the best, eat as many as you can, it works great for me

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- Erica Mueller on Jul 24, 2014
  @Luis haha I mentioned that I think in one of my other posts. I have a really hard time not eating half the harvest, especially if it's strawberries!
  
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- Luis on Jul 24, 2014
  @Erica I am not picky I like them all as a fruit, but they all make wonderful smoothies too
  
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