Berry Season at Redwood Adventures

Hello Redwood Adventure friends.  It’s berry season here on the North Coast and at the Redwood Adventures Vacation Village we have a bumper crop of berries this year!  Our mild year round climate must provide the perfect climate for the Himalaya berry as each year our berry patch becomes loaded with juicy black berries.

 

One of my favorite uses for the Himalaya Berry is pie making.  The large black berries are perfect for pies; and here is a good recipe:

 

9” Pie Pan

Pie crust for top and bottom

6 cups Himalaya Berries

½ cup sugar

½ cup flour

4 Tbsp butter, divided into 4 pieces

Line pie pan with bottom crust, mix berries, sugar and flour together and pour into prepared pie pan.  Place 1 Tbsp chunks of butter randomly over berries.  Cover with top pie crust.  Pinch crust pieces together at edge of pie pan.  Use knife to cut small slits in pie crust to for vent holes.  Brush top crust with milk and sprinkle with sugar.  Bake at 400° for 15 minutes.  Reduce temp to 350° and bake for an additional 50 minutes or until crust is golden brown.  Let cool and then enjoy!  The warm pie is great with vanilla ice cream.

Another great use for the blackberry is making homemade Jam.  Never made jam before?  No problem.   A good useful website is www.PickYourOwn.org.  This website provides detailed instructions for jam making and also provides a list of farms across the country that offer ‘pick your own’ crops.

Now it’s off to the berry patch.

Happy Pickins’ from TeamRedwood