One week this summer, as I was commuting on the train, I saw some elderberries out the train window. Based on this, the following weekend we got on the train in search for the mythical elderberries in that area. Despite walking around the countryside for hours there was no sign of elder trees... apparently they are confined to the train tracks area...
We only had some limited luck with blackberries, about 250 grams worth of luck for hours of walking around. Not enough for wine or jam, but enough for some quick desserts.
About half of blackberries went into blackberry muffins. I'll write the recipe at the bottom of the post.
The other half went into a delicious and simple sauce. Here's the recipe: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3118/blackberry-coulis. It makes a great topping for icecream!
And also makes some very quick desserts. For instance, for the one below, we used this recipe as a foundation http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3102/blackberry-honey-creams and added some chopped hazelnuts to give it some crunch. Yum!
Blackberry muffins
300 grams of plain flour
50 grams brown sugar
4 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
60 grams of ground almonds
100 grams blackberries
2 eggs
200 ml milk
4 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp of sloe gin (optional)
Mix the dry ingredients together and wet ingredients together. Mix the blackberries into the dry mixture and add the wet mixture to it. Bake in a baking tray for 20-25 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.
(adapted from Baking by Martha Day)
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