Barberry Jelly is made from the bunches of beautiful bright red fruit of the barberry bush. It has a sharp original flavour. The berries are traditionally harvested after the first hard frost, and fruit clusters can be seen well into mid-winter when various winter birds finish them off. The unique thorns on barberry bushes are particularly sharp and painful, and our harvesters wear gloves to harvest the berries. We slowly simmer the berries and make the strained juice into a jelly. These berries can be found in many parts of Canada and were often used as a pectin in other fruit preserves. Barberry jelly can be eaten on toast, but is usually served as an accompaniment to game or fowl.
They are traditionally harvested after the first hard frost and fruit clusters can be seen well into mid-winter when various winter birds finish them off. Barberry can be used on toast, but is usually served with game or fowl.
Barberry Jelly is made from the bunches of beautiful bright red fruit of the barberry bush. It has a sharp original flavour. The berries are traditionally harvested after the first hard frost, and fruit clusters can be seen well into mid-winter when various winter birds finish them off. The unique thorns on barberry bushes are particularly sharp and painful, and our harvesters wear gloves to harvest the berries. We slowly simmer the berries and make the strained juice into a jelly. These berries can be found in many parts of Canada and were often used as a pectin in other fruit preserves. Barberry jelly can be eaten on toast, but is usually served as an accompaniment to game or fowl.
