Tag: Blackberry Sauce

• In Gvara (yes this spelling) restaurant in Gdańsk, I had wild boar tenderloin with blackberry (jeżiny – in Polish) sauce.
• Wild game and similar is very popular in this region.
• It was delicious – the sauce being just slightly sweet and the berries fresh tasting.
• I just had to try this out now that I am back home.
• The blackberries were on sale in a local supermarket and were English grown.
• Slightly earlier in the year I might have been able to pick some from local hedgerows.
• You might find some frozen in shops –  I will have to see.
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• I decided to make this sauce and serve it with a pork tenderloin – It would also be good with pan fried loin or chops.
• I cooked my tenderloin, wrapped in foil with some mixed herbs.
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• You can also serve the sauce with yoghurt or budyń or ice cream etc.

Ingredients

• The quantities are approximate
• The sugar will depend on the sweetness of the blackberries.
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• 200g of blackberries
• 125ml of water
• 2-3 tablespoons of granulated sugar.

Method

• In a small saucepan add the water to the blackberries.
• Heat slowly for a few minutes.
• Sieve out the berries and keep to one side – this is to keep them fresh tasting.
• Reduce the amount of liquid by heating for a few minutes.
• Put back the blackberries and stir and heat a little.
• Add the sugar (maybe 1 tablespoon at a time) and taste.
• The sauce does not want to be too sweet.
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• Serve straight away.
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• Can also be served cooled with yoghurt for example.