It’s not often that the committed vegetarian and the meat lover agree about food but this blackberry sauce is most definitely one. Of its many strong points; most people agree that it is the ease with which a consistently mouth watering end result (the sauce) can be reliably produced time and time again.

Ingredients

• 1 Pint of Fresh Blackberries
• 2 Tablespoons of White Beet Sugar
• 1 Pinch of Sea Salt

Method

1. Using a colander and medium stainless steel mixing bowl; firstly rinse and then destalk the blackberries.
2. Return washed and destalked blackberries to the colander and let stand for a few minutes to drain off any excess water.
3. Once drained transfer the blackberries from the colander to your medium sized stainless steel mixing bowl.
4. Sift the sugar twice using a fine sifter.
5. Once the sugar has been sifted add it to the medium sized stainless steel mixing bowl that already contains your prepared blackberries (washed, destalked and drained).
6. Add the desired amount of freshly ground sea salt to the blackberry/sugar mixture. Note that the quantity of freshly ground sea salt to be added is directly dependant upon your personal preference, just don’t over do it
7. Take a fork or potato masher and gently crush the blackberries until they start releasing their juices
8. Now let the mixture stand for a least 10 minutes while it marinates
9. With the blackberries now marinated to your liking transfer the blackberry mixture to a small sauté pan
10. Place sauté pan containing the marinated blackberry mixture over a medium-high heat and cook until the juices begin to thicken (around 5 minutes depending upon cooking appliance being used).

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Serving

This blackberry sauce can be served hot or cold depending upon its intended use. For example:

• To Serve Hot/Warm: Serve the blackberry sauce warm/hot whenever the dish it accompanies is warm/hot (i.e. drizzled over cobbler, apple pie, banana pancakes, etc.)

• To Serve At/Below Room Temperature: Serve the blackberry sauce at/below room temperature whenever its accompaniment is to be served at/below room temperature (i.e. drizzled over ice cream, fruit salad, cold apple pie, milk shakes, etc.)