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I take Hawthorn Berry capsules for my blood pressure but have often wondered if it’s worth including berries in a jam or something. I seem to remember Hugh F-W used them in a ‘ketchup’ in one of his series’. Anyone used them in cooking?
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I seem to remember I once used them in wine. Can't remember if it was drinkable. -
I got a book from the vine when I was the Member of the Month, The Edible City, a year of wild food, here is a suggestion from that:-
Mixed fruit elixir...………...or cordial ……………….or syrup
From any of the following:-
Rowan, cherry, plum, sloe, hawthorn, medlar, quince, crab apple, pear, rose hip, elderberry. Chop, squish, put in a saucepan in water and cook for 20 minutes with cinnamon, cloves, star anise, and a little sugar, honey or xylitol. Cool then strain through a muslin squeezing all the juice out. Use mixed 50/50 with fizzy water or re-heat and add more sweetener to make a cordial or even more to make a syrup. I have not tried this...………….Comment
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I made hawthorn berry ketchup last year, a tad fiddly separating the stalks off the berries but so so worth while.
It tastes wonderful and goes with so many things
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^^^ I can highly recommend this.
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I like them raw
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Will definitely give the ketchup and the ‘elixir’ a go, but probably not ready to try them raw - although my horse is partial to them that way
All at once I hear your voice
And time just slips away
Bonnie RaittComment
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He made it, just after the gathering! ( by that time I’d had more than enough of tree hugging hippies and foraging. I’m guessing only you will understand that comment VCOriginally posted by veggiechicken View PostDid Bob make it................or you, SP?
Thought you said he couldn't cook.
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He’s quite a good cook. He has to be or he wouldn’t get fed quite regularly.
I must sound like a right old witch............... oh well
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I understand completely, SP. I would have felt the same.!! I'm an antisocial witch too.
Some hawthorn berries taste nicer than others. If you find a good one its worth remembering where it is for the future.Comment
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I've never tried making this but I have a huge tree in the garden so will have s try.....though I have used elderberries to make pontac sauce? That is also fiddly but does get used in casseroles etc.Comment
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Robin Harford over at eatweeds.co.uk has published these two recipes:
https://www.eatweeds.co.uk/hawthorn-jelly-recipe
https://www.eatweeds.co.uk/fermented...-relish-recipe
I've not tried them myself - I was just made aware of them in his newsletter the other week
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H F.W 'Hawsin sauce' is gorgeous
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