Our Favorite Berry Varieties

June 19, 2013
Photo: Marcus Nilsson
The juice, the seedy bits, the heady perfume, and the indigo stains: Bring on all the sweet and tart stuff that summer berries give!
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A Berry Glossary

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Whether you’re seeking pucker, sweetness, red, yellow, or blue, there’s a berry for all of your dishes, jams, desserts, and cocktails.

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Yellow Raspberry

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A pale cousin of the red raspberry, with the same flavor; adds great color to salads.

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Blackberry

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Glossy black, caviar-like beads burst on the tongue. Jammy and often tart, reminiscent of full-bodied red wines. Lots of crunchy seeds.
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Blueberry

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Sweet, plump, and juicy, with tons of tiny seeds within. Look for firm but not underripe berries. If you can find the tiny wild ones, dig in. Loaded with natural thickening pectin.

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Huckleberry

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Inky-black berry with thicker skin and more pucker than a blueberry. Makes a great tart jam, or a great tart tart.

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Red Raspberry

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Perfect raspberries are soft, small, and amazingly perfumed. They spoil quickly. Balance the sweet, floral flavor with just a dollop of tangy crème fraîche.
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Gooseberry

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Fruit that looks like a Thompson grape's offbeat cousin, with funky stripes and stubby stems. The tart flavor is unique, with notes of apricot and plum. Perfect for a late-summer cocktail.
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