Topic: Oregon Grape/Mahonia fruit

[chriscross1966]

I've found a decent stadn of these things... anyone got any recipes for them.... a friend of mine suggested gin as they're almost as sour as sloes...

[saddad]

Didn't even realise they were edible!   

[Vinlander]

They are definitely edible and I think they are very similar to barberries - as they say here: (https://wildernessguide.wordpress.com/2012/07/21/darwins-barberry-jelly/).

You actually don't need to cook barberries - the raw juice has so much pectin that it immediately turns into a jelly - a raw jam!

This is very good with meat & cheese - better than cranberry in my opinion.

Of course rubbing the ripe ones through a sieve is actually more work than boiling them, but the flavour is more interesting - apart from the novelty value and the kudos of an excellent product that cannot be sourced or purchased (outside rural France).

Cheers.

[chriscross1966]

Who said I was going to put any effort into sieving them.... I have a powersieve attachment for my Kenwood Chef, second most useful thing after the potato peeler :-)