Since the blackberries I recently bought were much too tart to eat plain, I decided to use some of them to make this blackberry simple syrup. You can use this simple syrup to make Italian sodas, flavored lemonade, and adult beverages. It’s super simple to make and is great to have on hand.
How to Make Blackberry Simple Syrup
Combine the blackberries, water, sugar, and lemon juice together in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil and mash the berries with a potato masher. Turn the stove off and allow the flavors to mingle for 10 minutes.
Pour the mixture through a very fine strainer into a glass jar. Store sealed in the refrigerator. Enjoy.
Blackberry Simple Syrup
Servings: 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh blackberries
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Combine the blackberries, water, sugar, and lemon juice together in a saucepan over medium-high heat.
- Bring to a boil and mash the berries with a potato masher.
- Turn the stove off and allow the flavors to mingle for 10 minutes.
- Pour the mixture through a very fine strainer into a glass jar.
- Store sealed in the refrigerator. Enjoy.
Nice with a high stack of pancakes for the breakfast :-))
As soon as blackberry season is here, I will be sure to make this. So many good uses for this syrup.
Blackberry margaritas! Thanks for the recipe, looks great. Any guess on how long this can be stored in the fridge? Thank you.
Great idea! You never can have too many flavor adders in the fridge.
GREAT idea. I see some blackberry margaritas in my future.
Most definitely! This will be my 2nd summer making BlackBerry syrup for my margaritas! Yum-o!
Easy and delish. Will be making Blackberey Mules
I found this recipe and am making gin/blackberry/basil gimlets….
Excellent easy recipe for blackberry simple! Use in cocktails all year round or as a syrup for crepes!
I just made a batch for some yummy Blackberry Mink Moscow Mules this weekend!
Karen,
YUM! That sounds delicious.
-Pam
Any chance you could make this with stevia or some other sweetener other than sugar?
Espresso Jo,
I’ve never tried using anything other than sugar so I’m not sure. If you give it a try, please let me know how it goes!
-Pam
I use Splenda in my raspberry syrup and will in this recipe too.