How to Remove Seeds From Blackberries
Tip
If you remove seeds from lots of berries every year, invest in a chinois or a food mill. These devices remove seeds via a cranked or automatic sieving system.
Mix the blackberries with other, seedless fruits in recipes to minimize the amount of seeds in the finished dish without the need of seed removal.
Warning
Removing the seeds from berries used to make jam may cause the jam to be runny and not set up properly.
The dark purple, nearly black fruit of the blackberries is both sweet and tart. Used in jams and jellies, pies and in syrups, blackberries are full of many small seeds similar to strawberries. Unlike strawberries, though, blackberry seeds are hard. The seeds are edible, but if you don't like the texture or are making fruit leather the seeds are undesirable. As the seeds are very fine, complete removal is is difficult but most of the seeds can be easily removed with the help of common kitchen tools.
Place the blackberries in a colander in the sink. Wash thoroughly under running water, removing any remaining stems or leaves.
- The dark purple, nearly black fruit of the blackberries is both sweet and tart.
- The seeds are edible, but if you don't like the texture or are making fruit leather the seeds are undesirable.
Set a fine mesh metal sieve over a bowl. Place a handful of blackberries into the sieve.
Push the berries through the sieve with your hands. Use a metal soup ladle or the bottom of a glass to push the berries if you have trouble doing it with your hand.
Discard the seeds in the sieve once the handful of berries has been pushed through. Continue pushing the berries through the sieve one handful at a time until all the berries have been strained, discarding the seeds after each batch.
Check the strained berries for seeds. Strain a second time if lots of seeds are still visible, but keep in mind some seeds are unavoidable.
- Set a fine mesh metal sieve over a bowl.
- Discard the seeds in the sieve once the handful of berries has been pushed through.
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Tips
- If you remove seeds from lots of berries every year, invest in a chinois or a food mill. These devices remove seeds via a cranked or automatic sieving system.
- Mix the blackberries with other, seedless fruits in recipes to minimize the amount of seeds in the finished dish without the need of seed removal.
Warnings
- Removing the seeds from berries used to make jam may cause the jam to be runny and not set up properly.
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Jenny Harrington has been a freelance writer since 2006. Her published articles have appeared in various print and online publications. Previously, she owned her own business, selling handmade items online, wholesale and at crafts fairs. Harrington's specialties include small business information, crafting, decorating and gardening.
