Barberry ketchup
The barberry plant is a shrub. It produces bright yellow flowers in the spring that turn into red berries in the fall. The berries are edible but difficult to harvest because of its thorny branches.
Ingredients
3 quarts barberry (stewed and strained)
4 cups cranberry
1 cup raisin
1 quince (large, chopped)
4 onion (small, minced)
1 quart water
1⁄2 cup vinegar
3⁄4 cup salt
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon clove (ground)
1 teaspoon allspice (ground)
2 tablespoons pepper (ground black pepper)
2 teaspoons celery seed
1 teaspoon mustard (ground mustard)
1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon ginger (ground)
1 teaspoon nutmeg (ground)
Instructions
Stew together the cranberries, raisins, quince and onion in the water, strain.
Mix in the barberries, and remaining ingredients, boil 1 minute, and simmer until desired thickness.
Yield
1 batch
Preparation time
1 hour
Cooking time
20 minutes
Total time
1 hour, 20 minutes
Notes
Goes well with red meats.
Source
How to tell if wild berries are edible
easy, simmer
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