Darina Allen: the sweet magic of autumnal blackberries
A sweet version of a gin and tonic cocktail made with fresh blackberries, mint, and Meyer lemon
What a bumper crop of wild blackberries we have this year, I can’t quite remember when there was such an abundant harvest of plump and juicy FREE fruit. They have also ripened earlier than usual after those glorious sunny days, now just a distant memory.
It took me less than a half an hour to pick a huge bowl full…. My fingers were stained a delicious purple from the juice but it’s not just blackberries in the hedgerow, there are also lots of sloes and a promising crop of hazelnuts and crab apples too.
