Blackberry Syrup

Ingredients

• 500 g red blackberries
• 500 g black blackberries
• 1 untreated lemon
• 1 vanilla pod
• 1 kg sugar

Instructions

1. 1.

   Wash and drain the blackberries. Rinse the lemon hot and slice it thinly. Split the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. Boil the sugar with 1 l water, add the lemon slices, vanilla seeds, and pod, and bring to a boil once more. Add the blackberries to the syrup, simmer for about 10 minutes while gently mashing them with a potato masher. Remove from heat, cover, and let steep overnight.

2. 2.

   The next day strain through a fine cloth and press the berries. Reboil the berry syrup and fill into bottles that have been rinsed hot.