Harvest Kitchen: Blackberry Days - Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners

Ingredients

• 7-8 peaches, peeled by dipping for one minute in boiling water, then slipping off the skins
• 3 cups blackberries
• 1 cup sugar or ½ cup honey
• 1 cup apple juice or water
• 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 tsp. lemon zest
• ¼ tsp. almond extract or 1 Tbsp. hazelnut liquor (optional)
• 4 cups fresh or 2 lbs. frozen blackberries
• ¾ cup sugar
• ½ cup orange juice
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
• Pinch of nutmeg
• Pinch of ground black pepper