This Sunday, while walking by the Grand Canal I found the bramble bushes laden with blackberries. It brought back memories of going 'brambling' with my Granny as a child. We used to go out with carrier bags and fill them. The amount I used to put in my bag only equalled the amount I put in my mouth and I used to arrive home with a smile on my face and purple stained lips.
On Sunday I managed to pick enough to make smoothies with and I thought I would share the recipe with you.
Please note, if you don't have a juicer replace the bag of apples with some good quality apple juice. You can pick up some really good ones at Farmers Markets and specialist food stores.
Ingredients - Serves 2
1 large bag of organic apples juiced
A bowl of freshly picked blackberries
2 Bananas
Method
Wash the blackberries thoroughly
Pour the apple juice into a blender
Break up the bananas into small chunks and add to the apple juice
Add the blackberries and blend in short bursts until smooth.
Strain through a sieve to remove seeds.
If you want it extra cold add a couple of ice cubes before blending.
Hi Amanda
ReplyDeleteJust spotted your site. V impressed!
Especially the fact that you are writing about Ireland.
I've stuck a link on my blog to yours - I noticed you already have one for mine.
Ta v much!
And blackberry season is great - I need to be more adventurous and step out into all the other berries soon...
Beautiful photo - you can practically eat the berries off the page!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of my childhood as well - but in the States.
Thanks for the recipe - it's a keeper!