this wonderful recipe was actually posted by our newest member, Pattypan2 who I met on the creative living forum.
She found it on the Lakeland site.

I've made some already and it is just lovely, the colour of blood and perfect made now for christmas!

Ingredients

2tablespoon olive oil
2 finely chopped red onions
2-3 cm finely chopped stem ginger to taste
2 deseeded finely chopped large red chillies
1kg blackberries
90g caster sugar
60ml red wine vinegar

Method

In a heavy based saucepan/preserving pan gently head the olive oil. Add the red onion ginger and the chilli and cook gently for 4-5 minutes until softened

Add the blackberries to the pan and cook for a further 4 to 5 minutes stirring occasionally.

Add the caster sugar and red wine vinegar to the mixture and stir well making sure everything is combined.

Bring to the boil and simmer gently for 15 to 20 minutes until reduced and thickened and when you draw a spoon through mixture, mixture stays parted.

Take off heat and whilst still hot use a funnel to transfer to your hot sterilised jars. Cover with waxed discs and allow the contents to cool before sealing with a lid.

Store for at least 3 months to help the flavour mature and mellow.

Recipe says that if you did not manage to pick a kilo of berries then the recipe can easily be halved.

Thought this might be a tad different and interesting

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is the website has lots of nice ice cream and pudding and other jam recipes
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Pattypan
aka Tricia

Thanks Tara Now I've got to find 1kg blackberries

patty found it, not me

and the blackberries are early this year....I found enough for two batches plus jam already

Wow how fortuitous ... the little people next door just gave me more blackberries for making their jelly !!

Just made a batch! Yum ... the quantity above only gives you 4 small jars worth, so you may want to repeat the process again!!

... and a word of warning, at the end if you want whole fruit in the mix, do NOT simmer too quickly!!

Twill be grand with cold turkey salad!

I've only managed to collect 1 punnet of blackberries but...but... I;ve just spotted the choc/orange ice cream recipe in that Lakeland site

sounds fab. I have blackberries on my plot but they seem not ready yet The lovely ones on the next plot to mine were burnt down by some *£$%("g Philistine They'd better grow back

Cold meat with chutney. I could eat some now. Drool