Bramble Jelly

Ingredients:

• 1.5kg brambles
• 1kg sugar
• knob of butter
• 1 packet of Silverspoon pectin

Method:

1. Throw the berries, sugar and butter into a heavy bottomed pan (probably the hugest pan you can find!)
2. Gently heat for around 25-30 minutes, until the berries have softened, then whack up the heat and boil the fuck out of it! This will result in a dark, furiously bubbling pan of molten hot deliciousness. It will spit. Beware!
3. Keep on a rolling boil for 7 minutes. Then lower the heat until it simmers. Add the pectin a little at a time and mix well. Continue to simmer for 4 minutes.
4. Strain the mixture though a sieve to remove the hulls and seeds. Pour into prepared, sterilized jars, and pop the top onto form the vacuum required to preserve the jelly.
5. You will almost halve the amount of jam. This will probably fill two 1lb, standard jars.

Variations:

Leave the seeds in, some people like the texture, and there will be a higher yield of jam.

Add thyme to the pan, or another herb of your choice.