As promised here is the Blackberry Liqueur Syrup recipe. This recipe is from the Bernardin Complete Book of Home Preserving.
Ingredients
4 cups of Freshly Picked Garside's Fruit Farm Blackberries
1/2 cup of Chambord or other raspberry liqueur (we used Okanagan Spirits)
3/4 cup of granulated sugar
1 tbsp of grated lemon zest
1 tbsp of lemon juice
1 pouch of (3 oz/85 mL) liquid pectin
1. Prepare canner, jars and lids.
2. In a large stainless steel saucepan, combine the blackberries, Chambord (or other liqueur) and sugar. Cover and let stand for 2 hours, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar. Add the lemon zest, lemon juice and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir in the liquid pectin and return to a full rolling boil. Boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, and skim off any foam if necessary.
3. Ladle the hot syrup into your hot sanitized jars, leaving 1/4 inch (0.5 cm) headspace. Wipe the rim, center the lid on the jar and screw band top down until finger tip tight.
4. Place the jars in a canner, ensuring they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil and process for 10 minutes. Remove the lid, wait 5 minutes, then remove the jars cool and store.
This syrup is delicious and tasty over your pancakes and waffles, but also great topping to pastries, ice cream or as an added flavour to your fizzy water! I can guarantee you will love it!
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Good news!
Hope everyone is enjoying this fabulous West Coast Summer full of plenty of Sunshine!
The good news is we will be starting to pick our Crab Apples in one week! These little delicious apples are perfect for jams, jellies, wine and even adding to your cider for some tartness. They will be available for $1.00/lb. If you would like any recipes for crab apple jelly just ask, and I will email you some.
The other good news is that we do have available our delicious Free Range Roasting Chickens. These chickens have been fed a top quality, locally produced grain, with no hormones or antibiotics given to the chickens or added to their feed. The chickens are also professionally processed and flash frozen. The average weight of this batch is a whopping seven pounds. We do have smaller and larger ones available as well. The chickens are available for $4.00/lb.
If you have any questions or orders, please do not hesitate to contact us via phone at 604.556.4273 or email us at garsidesfruitfarm@shaw.ca or "Like" us on Facebook. We provide lots of updates and pictures to the Facebook account.
Happy Summer everyone!
The good news is we will be starting to pick our Crab Apples in one week! These little delicious apples are perfect for jams, jellies, wine and even adding to your cider for some tartness. They will be available for $1.00/lb. If you would like any recipes for crab apple jelly just ask, and I will email you some.
The other good news is that we do have available our delicious Free Range Roasting Chickens. These chickens have been fed a top quality, locally produced grain, with no hormones or antibiotics given to the chickens or added to their feed. The chickens are also professionally processed and flash frozen. The average weight of this batch is a whopping seven pounds. We do have smaller and larger ones available as well. The chickens are available for $4.00/lb.
If you have any questions or orders, please do not hesitate to contact us via phone at 604.556.4273 or email us at garsidesfruitfarm@shaw.ca or "Like" us on Facebook. We provide lots of updates and pictures to the Facebook account.
Happy Summer everyone!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Upcoming Fruits!
Wow! What a terrific Summer we have been having, weather wise here in the Vancouver area.
All this sun has been working its magic at Garside's Fruit Farm, the apples have been growing and starting to ripen, and the bees have been buzzing on all the blackberry bushes.
We are sad to say we are already sold out of our sour cherries for the 2013 season. Those delicious cherries go fast!
At the end of this week we will have our Free Range Roasting Chickens available again. We have been sold out for about a month and are very excited to have stock again. These chickens will be available for $4.00/lb. These chickens have been fed a non-medicated, no hormone feed and were allowed run outside. They have been professionally processed and frozen. They are delicious, and juicy. The average size is approximately seven to eight pounds per chicken (some larger, some smaller too).
Our next crop that will be ready will be our Crab Apples - these little apples are delicious and perfect for making jams jellies and wine. They are available for $1.00/lb.
Following that will be our Gravenstein Apples - available for $1.25/lb, Bartlett Pears - available for $0.75/lb and Bramley Apples - available for $1.50/lb.
If you have any questions, comments or would like to place any pre-orders for any of our varieties, please do not hesitate to contact us via email - garsidesfruitfarm@shaw.ca, phone - 604.556.4273 or "Like" us on Facebook.
All this sun has been working its magic at Garside's Fruit Farm, the apples have been growing and starting to ripen, and the bees have been buzzing on all the blackberry bushes.
We are sad to say we are already sold out of our sour cherries for the 2013 season. Those delicious cherries go fast!
At the end of this week we will have our Free Range Roasting Chickens available again. We have been sold out for about a month and are very excited to have stock again. These chickens will be available for $4.00/lb. These chickens have been fed a non-medicated, no hormone feed and were allowed run outside. They have been professionally processed and frozen. They are delicious, and juicy. The average size is approximately seven to eight pounds per chicken (some larger, some smaller too).
Our next crop that will be ready will be our Crab Apples - these little apples are delicious and perfect for making jams jellies and wine. They are available for $1.00/lb.
Following that will be our Gravenstein Apples - available for $1.25/lb, Bartlett Pears - available for $0.75/lb and Bramley Apples - available for $1.50/lb.
If you have any questions, comments or would like to place any pre-orders for any of our varieties, please do not hesitate to contact us via email - garsidesfruitfarm@shaw.ca, phone - 604.556.4273 or "Like" us on Facebook.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Summer is almost here!
Well Summer is almost upon us, the weather is looking good in the long range and we are excited to say that the bees have worked very hard this Spring and our trees are brimming with fruit clusters.
We are now accepting pre-orders for all our products. I do recommend pre-ordering many of extremely popular varieties. Our most popular varieties are our: Sour Cherries, Crab Apples, Gravenstein, Gloster and Bramley Apples. These varieties sell out extremely quickly.
The first product that will be ready is our Sour Cherries, followed by our Crab Apples and then Bartlett Pears and Gravenstein Apples.
We are currently sold out of Free Range Roasting Chickens, but currently have a new batch growing. They will be ready by approximately mid Summer.
If you are interested in pre-ordering or just have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via email, phone, or Facebook. You can reach us at Garsidesfruitfarm@shaw.ca or 604.556.4273 or "LIKE" us on Facebook for more updates and we post lots of photos during the Summer.
We look forward to seeing and talking with all our regular customers, and can not wait to meet any new customers!
We are now accepting pre-orders for all our products. I do recommend pre-ordering many of extremely popular varieties. Our most popular varieties are our: Sour Cherries, Crab Apples, Gravenstein, Gloster and Bramley Apples. These varieties sell out extremely quickly.
The first product that will be ready is our Sour Cherries, followed by our Crab Apples and then Bartlett Pears and Gravenstein Apples.
We are currently sold out of Free Range Roasting Chickens, but currently have a new batch growing. They will be ready by approximately mid Summer.
If you are interested in pre-ordering or just have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via email, phone, or Facebook. You can reach us at Garsidesfruitfarm@shaw.ca or 604.556.4273 or "LIKE" us on Facebook for more updates and we post lots of photos during the Summer.
We look forward to seeing and talking with all our regular customers, and can not wait to meet any new customers!
Saturday, November 24, 2012
We are still OPEN!!
Hello Everyone!
Just to give you a quick update, we still have apples available, and some are even On Sale!!
Currently we have Northern Spy Apples, Gloster Apples, Boskoop Apples, Bramley Apples and Jonagold Apples available.
There are not very many left of the Gloster, Boskoop and Bramley Apples. So if you are interested, let us know very soon and we can set them aside for you.
The Bramley and Jonagold Apples are ON SALE!! Regular price is $1.25/lb, now only $1.00/lb.
The Gloster, Boskoop and Northern Spys are available for $1.25/lb.
The Gloster, Northern Spy and Boskoop apples if stored correctly will last well into the New Year. All these apples are delicious apples for both Baking and Eating (with the exception of the Bramley - it is primarily used for baking as it is very tart).
If you are interested and would like to order any fruit, please do not hesitate to contact us either via email at garsidesfruitfarm@shaw.ca or via phone at 604.556.4273. You can even text the phone number with your questions, and orders!
Just to give you a quick update, we still have apples available, and some are even On Sale!!
Currently we have Northern Spy Apples, Gloster Apples, Boskoop Apples, Bramley Apples and Jonagold Apples available.
There are not very many left of the Gloster, Boskoop and Bramley Apples. So if you are interested, let us know very soon and we can set them aside for you.
The Bramley and Jonagold Apples are ON SALE!! Regular price is $1.25/lb, now only $1.00/lb.
The Gloster, Boskoop and Northern Spys are available for $1.25/lb.
The Gloster, Northern Spy and Boskoop apples if stored correctly will last well into the New Year. All these apples are delicious apples for both Baking and Eating (with the exception of the Bramley - it is primarily used for baking as it is very tart).
If you are interested and would like to order any fruit, please do not hesitate to contact us either via email at garsidesfruitfarm@shaw.ca or via phone at 604.556.4273. You can even text the phone number with your questions, and orders!
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
We have lots of Apples!
We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, we at Garside's Fruit Farm sure did. We made several dishes for Thanksgiving that contained Apples.
We made an apple tart pie, it is an absolutely delicious dish made with shredded apple. Here is the recipe:
1 Cup Flour
1/2 tsp Salt
2 Tbsp Sugar
1/2 Cup of Butter
Combine the flour, salt, sugar and butter together with a fork until it looks like shortbread. Then stir in 1 Tbsp of Vinegar. Blend all together with a fork.
Press this mixture into the bottom of a springform pan, extending 1" up the sides of the pan.
Then combine these ingredients:
1 Cup Sugar
2 Tbsp Flour
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
3 Cups Coarsely Grated Apples (we used a 50/50 combination of the Bramley and Boskoop Apples.
Once you have those ingredients blended, spread over dough in springform pan.
Bake in oven at 400 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes. Cool on rack in pan. Remove from the springform pan and sift icing sugar on top. Serve with whipping cream or ice cream.
Other items we made with Apples from Garside's Fruit Farm Thanksgiving feast was our Cranberry sauce. This recipe was told to us by a customer. It is from Jamie Oliver's recipe collection - this is a Apple Cranberry Sauce, the recipe specifically calls for Bramley Apples! This was absolutely delicious, and easy to make. Even those people who are not the biggest cranberry sauce fans at the table thought it was delicious. The recipe even says you can, preserve the sauce by canning it. Here is a link to the recipe: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fruit-recipes/apple-cranberry-sauce
The final item we made with apples was our Stuffing. This stuffing recipe is my absolute favourite I always make a ton of stuffing, to insure I have an ample amount leftover. This recipe is called Wild Rice, Apple and Dried Cranberry Stuffing. We used mostly Bramley Apples in this with a few Boskoop Apples, to add a bit of a different flavour. As always this recipe turned out wonderfully.
Instead of the usual turkey for Thanksgiving, we used a Garside's Fruit Farm Free Range Roasting Chicken, done on the BBQ - Beer Can Chicken Style. Super easy and delicious way to roast your chicken. We used a 8 1/4 pound chicken and it was wonderful!
Currently at the farm we have several varieties of apples available: Bramley Apples, Boskoop Apples, King Apples, Spartan Apples and coming this week will be our Jonagold Apples. These apples are all available for $1.25 / lb, with the exception of the Spartans which are $1.00 / lb.
We also have 1 pound baskets of delicious Cherry Tomatoes. These baskets are available for $3.00 / lb.
Our Free Range Roasting Chickens are also available for $3.75 / lb.
Coming soon: Northern Spy Apples and Gloster Apples. Both will be available for $1.25 / lb. b We are always taking pre-orders for these!
If you have any questions, comments or would like to place an order with us, please do not hesitate to contact us at 604.556.4273 or garsidesfruitfarm@shaw.ca. Also "Like" us on Facebook!
We made an apple tart pie, it is an absolutely delicious dish made with shredded apple. Here is the recipe:
1 Cup Flour
1/2 tsp Salt
2 Tbsp Sugar
1/2 Cup of Butter
Combine the flour, salt, sugar and butter together with a fork until it looks like shortbread. Then stir in 1 Tbsp of Vinegar. Blend all together with a fork.
Press this mixture into the bottom of a springform pan, extending 1" up the sides of the pan.
Then combine these ingredients:
1 Cup Sugar
2 Tbsp Flour
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
3 Cups Coarsely Grated Apples (we used a 50/50 combination of the Bramley and Boskoop Apples.
Once you have those ingredients blended, spread over dough in springform pan.
Bake in oven at 400 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes. Cool on rack in pan. Remove from the springform pan and sift icing sugar on top. Serve with whipping cream or ice cream.
Other items we made with Apples from Garside's Fruit Farm Thanksgiving feast was our Cranberry sauce. This recipe was told to us by a customer. It is from Jamie Oliver's recipe collection - this is a Apple Cranberry Sauce, the recipe specifically calls for Bramley Apples! This was absolutely delicious, and easy to make. Even those people who are not the biggest cranberry sauce fans at the table thought it was delicious. The recipe even says you can, preserve the sauce by canning it. Here is a link to the recipe: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fruit-recipes/apple-cranberry-sauce
The final item we made with apples was our Stuffing. This stuffing recipe is my absolute favourite I always make a ton of stuffing, to insure I have an ample amount leftover. This recipe is called Wild Rice, Apple and Dried Cranberry Stuffing. We used mostly Bramley Apples in this with a few Boskoop Apples, to add a bit of a different flavour. As always this recipe turned out wonderfully.
Instead of the usual turkey for Thanksgiving, we used a Garside's Fruit Farm Free Range Roasting Chicken, done on the BBQ - Beer Can Chicken Style. Super easy and delicious way to roast your chicken. We used a 8 1/4 pound chicken and it was wonderful!
Currently at the farm we have several varieties of apples available: Bramley Apples, Boskoop Apples, King Apples, Spartan Apples and coming this week will be our Jonagold Apples. These apples are all available for $1.25 / lb, with the exception of the Spartans which are $1.00 / lb.
We also have 1 pound baskets of delicious Cherry Tomatoes. These baskets are available for $3.00 / lb.
Our Free Range Roasting Chickens are also available for $3.75 / lb.
Coming soon: Northern Spy Apples and Gloster Apples. Both will be available for $1.25 / lb. b We are always taking pre-orders for these!
If you have any questions, comments or would like to place an order with us, please do not hesitate to contact us at 604.556.4273 or garsidesfruitfarm@shaw.ca. Also "Like" us on Facebook!
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Thanksgiving is coming....
With Thanksgiving just around the corner that means time to bake apple pies. We happen to have the best apples at Garside's Fruit Farm for just that. Our Bramley Apple is rated the best baking apple out there! When we bake a pie, we actually use a combination of the Bramley and Boskoop Apples. They both keep their shape nicely in a pie and don't turn to mush. Also the combination of their flavours and textures make a very tasty pie or crisp. Stay tuned to our website, we will have a whole post on baking a pie with Garside Fruit Farm Apples, complete with photos.
We have a several varieties of apples ready at the farm: Prima, Boskoop, Bramley and King Apples. These are all available for $1.25 a pound, with the exception of the Prima Apple it is only $1.00 per pound. Also available are Zucchinis and Cherry tomatoes. The Zucchinis are $0.75 each no matter the size, and the tomatoes are a one pound basket for $3.00.
As an alternative to Turkey why not try a delicious Garside's Fruit Farm Roasting Chicken. The average size of our chickens is about six pounds. We do have larger and smaller available. They are fed a top quality, locally produced grain with no hormones or antibiotics. They have access to outside pasture. A good healthy alternative to the turkey. The chickens are available for $3.75/lb.
If you have any questions or would like to place any orders please feel free to contact us via phone at 604.556.4273 or email garsidesfruitfarm@shaw.ca Also "Like" us on Facebook.
We have a several varieties of apples ready at the farm: Prima, Boskoop, Bramley and King Apples. These are all available for $1.25 a pound, with the exception of the Prima Apple it is only $1.00 per pound. Also available are Zucchinis and Cherry tomatoes. The Zucchinis are $0.75 each no matter the size, and the tomatoes are a one pound basket for $3.00.
As an alternative to Turkey why not try a delicious Garside's Fruit Farm Roasting Chicken. The average size of our chickens is about six pounds. We do have larger and smaller available. They are fed a top quality, locally produced grain with no hormones or antibiotics. They have access to outside pasture. A good healthy alternative to the turkey. The chickens are available for $3.75/lb.
If you have any questions or would like to place any orders please feel free to contact us via phone at 604.556.4273 or email garsidesfruitfarm@shaw.ca Also "Like" us on Facebook.
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