The author of the Berry Bible was on WPR last month and she mentioned making blackberry soup, which intrigued me enough to look up some recipes. Her quick, on-air recipe was berries, yogurt and lime juice. The other one I decided to use consisted of berries, sugar, brandy, ice cream and peaches. Here's the final result:3 c blackberries
½ c water
3 T sugar
2 peaches, peeled and sliced
juice from ½ a lime
1 c yogurt
Place berries and water in a saucepan, cover and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Remove from stove and press berries through a sieve. Stir in sugar and refrigerate.Mash peaches and lime juice to desired consistency (by hand or in a blender). Add to cold blackberries. Stir in yogurt and chill until ready to serve.
I kept my peaches a little chunky and added a few slightly mashed berries at the end to beef up the soup a little bit. The yogurt on hand was vanilla, which I think went very nicely. Finally, I garnished with a couple basil leaves. It made about a quart.
This works well as dessert, too!
Book recommendation: Gods and Kings by Lynn Austin
Recipe recommendation: Blackberry Peach Soup
Music recommendation: Bottom Line Duo
7 comments:
I want some! Can you come up for my birthday and bring us some?
today i had lunch at "Graze" (the new, less formal spin-off of L'etoile) and they served blackberry lemonade. delicious!
ooo--the lemonade idea is a great one!
Gianna: we'll have to try it with frozen fruits sometime and see if it is just as good. :)
Oh yum! I am such a fan of fruit soups. I would never have thought of this combination. Sounds divine!
Glad I could inspire you, Cheri!
Part of the inspiration was also from a blueberry-peach balsamic vinegar salad I've made in the past. :)
How about blackberry sorbet? It's a bit of work, due to the need to strain it, but well worth the effort.
Also wanted to alert you that Novel Food is on again :)
Yay! I'll have to decide which book to feature next--I have a couple in mind.
And I made a peach sorbet that was quite tasty, so I think I'll follow suit with the blackberry idea. Thanks, Simona!
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