Blackberry simple syrup

Looking to add a delicious fruity burst to your favourite drinks? This easy 10 minute blackberry simple syrup is the answer! With just three ingredients you can whip up a flavour-packed syrup that can be used for cocktails, mocktails, iced teas, refreshing sodas or even as a sauce for cheesecakes, yoghurt and ice creams!

This blackberry simple syrup recipe is a great way to take advantage of berry season, especially if you are lucky enough to have a glut of berries from your garden. Not so lucky? Wrong time of the year? No worries, it works equally well with frozen blackberries, in fact, that's what we use most of the time.

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Course: Dessert, Drinks

Cuisine: International

Prep Time: 10

Total Time: 10

Servings: 50ml servings

Calories: 121kcal

Author: Maretha Corbett

Ingredients

▢ 350 grams blackberries - fresh or frozen
▢ 250 millilitre water
▢ 250 millilitre sugar

Instructions

Add the blackberries to a medium saucepan along with the sugar and water.
Turn the heat to medium and gently keep moving the blackberries around with a spoon. This will help distribute the heat and dissolve the sugar.
Bring the mixture up to a gentle simmer and turn the heat down to medium-low.
Continue simmering for around 6 minutes. You will notice that the blackberries are starting to look paler, the syrup brighter and the bubbles a dark reddish purple.
Around the 6 minute mark, start to gently mash the berries into the liquid with a potato masher, or fork. Continue doing this for around 2 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
Place a sieve over a bowl, or large jug, and pour the blackberry syrup into the sieve. Allow it to drip by itself for a minute or two.
Using a silicone spatula (this is the best tool for the job) or a spoon, mash and scrape the pulp around the sieve to squeeze as much of the liquid through the tiny holes as possible.
Pour the now strained syrup into a jug. Let it cool before storing it in the fridge.
Top tip: Don't discard the pulp, it's delicious stirred into some thick Greek yoghurt, just mind the seeds.

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