Basically I bought a large thing of grapes when we already had grapes. We’re eating them pretty much every day, but I’m worried that they’re going to go bad before we finish them. Any suggestions on what we can do with them?

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    hmmm.

    that sounds delicious. gonna have to give a go the next time I have too many grapes. Usually I go with blackberry jam boil the black berries until they’re easily mashed, mash through a fine strainer to get rid of the seeds, then add sugar, a little lemon zest, some cinnamon. some conrstarch. add some water to help things mix, and reduce to the right consistency.

    It, ah, also makes an awesome topping for vanilla ice cream, if you add some whole berries back in while it’s reducing.

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      9 months ago

      I’m a bit biased because I grew up with this sort of stuff, but I think that it is delicious. Just don’t skip the first step (boiling then straining the water), specially with darker grape varieties, otherwise the tannins get a bit too strong.

      It, ah, also makes an awesome topping for vanilla ice cream, if you add some whole berries back in while it’s reducing.

      That’s an amazing idea. And I think that blackberries are in season now here (it’s usually late Feb, early March in the S. Hemisphere), might be worth checking the neighbourhood for some.

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        9 months ago

        for topping, I suggest leaving it a little more liquidy, but you can also heat it up a bit.

        also goes great on top of pancakes and waffles if you’re not a fan of straight liquid sugar.

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      9 months ago

      This is a nice way of using the leftovers from making blackberry jam. We get about a gallon of blackberries from our back yard each year. I’m gonna give this a whirl.