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| Raining Mulberries |
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| Mulberries will turn your fingers purple! |
Herbalist claim that mulberries are cognitive enhancers that improve memory and vision. Mulberries have significantly high amounts of phenolic flavonoid phytochemicals called anthocyanins. These berries have shown to have potential health effects against cancer, aging and neurological diseases, inflammation, diabetes, and bacterial infections. Mulberries also contain resveratrol, another polyphenol flavonoid antioxidant, also found in grapes and supports heart health. They are also excellent sources of vitamin C and iron, among other vitamins.
Mulberries are often used for jams, jellies, wine, syrup, sauces and in a variety of desserts. You can freeze, can or dry them. I made cobbler with my mulberries and froze the rest while I wait for the wild crab apples to finish growing so I can make jelly.
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| It is optional whether you want to remove the small stem. I eat them with the stem. It is soft and tasteless, at least right after you pick them! If they will affect the presentation of the desert, recruit some kids to help as it is time consuming. Cut stems off as close to the berry as possible. |
Mulberry Cobbler Recipe
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
1/3 cup butter
1 ½ cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar plus 2 tablespoons of sugar
1 cup milk
2 tsp baking powder
2 cups of mulberries (removing stem optional)
1 ½ cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar plus 2 tablespoons of sugar
1 cup milk
2 tsp baking powder
2 cups of mulberries (removing stem optional)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Add the butter to baking pan and place in the preheated oven until butter is melted. In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients. Mix in milk until smooth. Pour mixture in to baking pan containing the butter and drizzle berries on top. Sprinkle with two tablespoons sugar. Bake 40-45 minutes or until golden brown.
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| This is great served with vanilla ice cream. |
looka good
ReplyDeleteThe cobbler is yum. I doubled the batch and put it in a 9 X 13 in pan to take to church. The berries are from a park near my house. I pick them when nobody is looking. (hehe) But "we got alotta wild berries aroun' here!"
ReplyDeleteWe pick ours at our City Park as well.
DeleteI have a question. What do you do if you see tiny bugs? I washed my berries twice and still saw them. They would disappear for a few seconds and then I would see them again! They don't actually bother me, but because of them, I don't feel confident serving them to other people- especially raw.
ReplyDeleteNew Life on a Homestead has a fantastic post on how to remove the worms from the blackberries: http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2013/08/how-to-get-worms-out-of-blackberries/
ReplyDeleteBasically, soak them in salted ice water and then rinse.
the bugs are most likely caterpillars for moths. Both mulberry and Osage orange have problems with silk producing bugs. I have to check my tree frequently at the start of season. Especially if the weather has been mild. Cold delays them and can preserve the new spring leaves while still allowing the fruit to come. If you own the tree and see damaged leaves or just the bugs. I recommend pruning the whole branch. Otherwise you may end up with a silk covered skeleton of a half chewed tree. I wanted to keep my fruit from pesticides so I use plain observation. If the tree is small and young try washing with ivory soap solution pay attention to the underside of the leaves. Little black dots are usually the next round of eggs.
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ReplyDeleteHi Mike, you were supposed to mix the milk into the dry ingredients until smooth. Sorry if I did not make that clear.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, you're right. I missed the milk! :P I'll delete my original comment.
ReplyDeletehow long can you keep the cobbler after you made it? I have fresh mulberries now (Monday) but want to serve the cobbler on Sunday. Am I best to freeze them and then make it on Sunday?
ReplyDeletehow long can you keep the cobbler after you made it? I have fresh mulberries now (Monday) but want to serve the cobbler on Sunday. Am I best to freeze them and then make it on Sunday?
ReplyDeleteIf you keep them without freezing they ferment a little... we kept them overnight and they smelled like beer. :(
DeleteMulberries tend to fade fast which is why you don't see them in the grocery store. They are hard to keep. If you don't use them with in three days, I would freeze them, which works great!
ReplyDeleteAnyone make this leaving the tiny stems on? It's a lot of trouble taking them off
ReplyDeleteI don't take the stems off. My husband and kids don't even notice.
ReplyDeleteOk cool. Oh, what size pan do you use for this recipe?
DeleteI use a 9x13 pan.
DeleteWhen I pick my mulberries, or any berry, I immediately place them in a ziploc baggies and freeze. Freezing temps will kill those bugs. When ready to thaw, rinse thoroughly. :)
ReplyDeleteThis definitely more like cake and not a cobbler.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this was more like a cake than a cobbler. I was expecting it to be juicy with more fruit than cake. It reminded me of a quick coffee cake (kuchen?) with fruit slices on top.
ReplyDeleteI removed about half of the stems, and hoped that the rest would not be noticeable. However, my family found that the stems were not easy to ignore. It wasn't my favorite, but if you don't mind the stems, it's pretty good.
Next time I would cook the berries with some sugar and water. Mine turned out too dry.
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