Autumn Jelly

• 3lb/1.5 kg elderberries
• 1lb/450

Pick the elderberries from their stalks. Do not peel or core the apples, but cut them in pieces. Mix with the elderberries, damsons and blackberries in a pan with water and spices. Simmer for about 1 hour until the fruit is soft. Strain through a jelly bag and measure the juice. Allow 1lb/450g sugar to each pint/500ml juice. Heat the juice gently, stirring in the sugar until dissolved. Boil har