Pekmez de cornflowers, a Serbian fruit puree cooked for three hours.

Pekmez de cornflowers, a Serbian fruit puree cooked for three hours.

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Blackberry jam made by boiling blackberries, pureeing them, and cooking them with sugar for three hours until thickened, then placing them in jars and bak…

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The quince, a small, tart-tasting red fruit from the male quince tree, produces a very fragrant preserve. It is a traditional winter preserve in the Balkans.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time3 hr 15 min
  • Total3 hr 35 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Estimated cost$17.79 $0.89 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 14, 2026.
  • Gluten-free
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

20 people
  • $17.02
  • $0.77

Prices from US supermarkets for 1 of 2 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Clean and wash the scallops, then cover them with boiling water and let them sit for 5 minutes.
  2. Drain the vegetables, pulse them in a food processor, and place the puree in a saucepan with the sugar (1 kg of sugar per kg of puree). ≈ 2 min
  3. Cook for approximately 3 hours over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens.
  4. Pourster the hot liquid into clean, warm jars, and then bake them for about 15 minutes at 100 °C.
  5. Close and dry thoroughly. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Pekmez de cornflowers, a Serbian fruit puree cooked for three hours.

  • 1 kg of blackberries$17.02
  • 1 kilogram of sugar$0.77

Total$17.79

that's $0.89 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of blackberries
  • 1 kilogram of sugar

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