The image, above, shows the full Cloudberry plant (Rubuschamaemorus), top right, with a ripe red berry. Also shown
is a close-up of the plant's female flower, right and a plant
with a classic, golden, ripe berry, bottom right..
| Common Name: Cloudberry |
| Scientific Name: Rubus chamaemorus |
| Other Names: Bakeapple, Knotberry, Knoutberry, Averin, Evron and Highland Gold |
| Family: Rosaceae |
| Range: Northern Europe, including Britain, from Scandanavia south and east to Germany and N. Asia. |
Physical Characteristics
Rubus chamaemorus is a hardy Perennial plant, growing to 30cm (1 ft) by 1m (3 ft 3 in) in size. It is hardy to zone 2 and is not frost tender. The plant flowers from June to August and its fruit ripen from July to September. The flowers are dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female and only a single sex of flower is found on one plant) and are pollinated by bees and flies.
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| Edible Parts: Flowers, Fruit |
 Edibility Rating: 4 
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 Known Hazards: None Known.
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Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Wild Food guide to Cloudberry along with all the Cloudberry containing recipes presented on this site, with 0 recipes in total.
This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Cornish recipes added to this site.
These recipes, all contain Cloudberry as a major wild food ingredient.
The Cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus (also known as Bakeapple [in Atlantic Canada], Knotberry and Knoutberry [in England], Averin, Evron and Highland Gold [in Scotland]) is a rhizomatous, low-growing flowering herb that's a member of the Rubus (blackberry) genus of the Rosaceae (rose) family of plants.
The cloudberry is native throughout the Northern Hemisphere from 78°N, south to about 55°N, and very scattered south to 44°N mainly in mountainous areas. In Europe and Asia, they grow in the Nordic countries and the Baltic states and across northern Russia east to the Pacific Ocean. Small populations are also found further south, as botanical vestiges of the Ice Age. For example it is found in Germany's Weser and Elbe valleys (where it is under legal protection), and rarely in the moorlands of Britain and Ireland (particularly in Scotland). In North America, cloudberries grow wild across most of northern Canada, Alaska, northern Minnesota, New Hampshire, Maine, and there is a small population on Long Island, New York.
The plant is low-growing, typically reaching no more than 20cm in height though individual plants can reach up to 1m in length. The leaves are alternate, with between 5 and 7 soft, hand-like lobes on straight, branchless stalks. They look like miniature blackberry leaves. The plant is dioecious, having separate male and female plants ( and only sone sex of flower can be found on a single plant). Flowers typically appear from June to August and the fruit ripen from July to September. After pollination the white flowers form blackberry-sized (and shaped) berries. Each berry encapsulates 5 and 25 drupelets. Each fruit begins out being red and then lightens to an amber colour in early autumn (hence the name Highland Gold).
The Cloudberry truly is an arctic plant and can withstand temperatures down to -40ºC (but it is sensitive to salt and drying out in summer). It likes the same conditions as bilberries and can often be seen growing amongst bilberry plants. These plants prefer cool, boggy places, often found amongst bilberries on hills and mountain sides, avoiding shade and calcareous soils.
The fruit are edible and can be consumed either raw or cooked. They have a distinctly sour taste but a delicious and unique flavour. They are a rich source of vitamin C and in both Scandinavia and Newfoundland they are traditionally preserved by being made into jams or conserves. In Sweden it is traditional to make biscuits with cloudberry jam for the tenth day of Christmas. The flowers are also edible and can be used raw as a garnish for salads or desserts.
The fresh and dried leaves can also be infused in boiling water to prepare a tisane.
There is considerable demand for cloudberry jam and preserves as a delicacy (IKEA stores sells the jam world-wide) and although the cloudberry is essentially a wild plant there has been considerable interest in its domestication. Since the mid 1990s, the species has formed part of the 'Northernberries' research project. The Norwegian government, in cooperation with Finnish, Swedish and Scottish counterparts, has vigorously pursued the aim of enabling commercial production of various wild berries. As a result, from 2002 there are now a number of commercial cultivars of cloudberries available. The most notable of these are the Norwegian cultivars, "Apolto" (male), "Fjellgull" (female) and "Fjordgull" (female). In Finland, a hermaphrodite cultivar has been produced, known as "Nyby".
Because this is such an important plant in arctic regions, there are a large number of recipes available for cloudberries and bakeapples.
[2]. Huxley, A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992
[3]. Tanaka, T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World.
[4]. Lim T.K. Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants, Vols 1–8.
[5]. Thomas, G. S. Perennial Garden Plants
[6]. Milner, E. Trees of Britain and Ireland
[7]. Rose, F. & O'Reilly, C. The Wild Flower Key (Revised Edition) – How to identify wild plants, trees and shrubs in Britain and Ireland
[8]. Streeter, D. & Garrard, I. The Wild Flowers of the British Isles
[9]. Clapham, A.R.; Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M. Flora of the British Isles
[10]. Phillips, R. Mushrooms
[10]. Phillips, R. Mushrooms
[11]. Jordan, P. & Wheeler, S. The Complete Book of Mushrooms: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Edible Mushrooms
[12]. Bunker, F.; Brodie, J.A.; Maggs, C.A. & Bunker, A. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland.
[13]. Facciola, S. Cornucopia — A Source Book of Edible Plants
This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Cornish recipes added to this site.
These recipes, all contain Cloudberry as a major wild food ingredient.
The Cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus (also known as Bakeapple [in Atlantic Canada], Knotberry and Knoutberry [in England], Averin, Evron and Highland Gold [in Scotland]) is a rhizomatous, low-growing flowering herb that's a member of the Rubus (blackberry) genus of the Rosaceae (rose) family of plants.
The cloudberry is native throughout the Northern Hemisphere from 78°N, south to about 55°N, and very scattered south to 44°N mainly in mountainous areas. In Europe and Asia, they grow in the Nordic countries and the Baltic states and across northern Russia east to the Pacific Ocean. Small populations are also found further south, as botanical vestiges of the Ice Age. For example it is found in Germany's Weser and Elbe valleys (where it is under legal protection), and rarely in the moorlands of Britain and Ireland (particularly in Scotland). In North America, cloudberries grow wild across most of northern Canada, Alaska, northern Minnesota, New Hampshire, Maine, and there is a small population on Long Island, New York.
The plant is low-growing, typically reaching no more than 20cm in height though individual plants can reach up to 1m in length. The leaves are alternate, with between 5 and 7 soft, hand-like lobes on straight, branchless stalks. They look like miniature blackberry leaves. The plant is dioecious, having separate male and female plants ( and only sone sex of flower can be found on a single plant). Flowers typically appear from June to August and the fruit ripen from July to September. After pollination the white flowers form blackberry-sized (and shaped) berries. Each berry encapsulates 5 and 25 drupelets. Each fruit begins out being red and then lightens to an amber colour in early autumn (hence the name Highland Gold).
The Cloudberry truly is an arctic plant and can withstand temperatures down to -40ºC (but it is sensitive to salt and drying out in summer). It likes the same conditions as bilberries and can often be seen growing amongst bilberry plants. These plants prefer cool, boggy places, often found amongst bilberries on hills and mountain sides, avoiding shade and calcareous soils.
The fruit are edible and can be consumed either raw or cooked. They have a distinctly sour taste but a delicious and unique flavour. They are a rich source of vitamin C and in both Scandinavia and Newfoundland they are traditionally preserved by being made into jams or conserves. In Sweden it is traditional to make biscuits with cloudberry jam for the tenth day of Christmas. The flowers are also edible and can be used raw as a garnish for salads or desserts.
The fresh and dried leaves can also be infused in boiling water to prepare a tisane.
There is considerable demand for cloudberry jam and preserves as a delicacy (IKEA stores sells the jam world-wide) and although the cloudberry is essentially a wild plant there has been considerable interest in its domestication. Since the mid 1990s, the species has formed part of the 'Northernberries' research project. The Norwegian government, in cooperation with Finnish, Swedish and Scottish counterparts, has vigorously pursued the aim of enabling commercial production of various wild berries. As a result, from 2002 there are now a number of commercial cultivars of cloudberries available. The most notable of these are the Norwegian cultivars, "Apolto" (male), "Fjellgull" (female) and "Fjordgull" (female). In Finland, a hermaphrodite cultivar has been produced, known as "Nyby".
Because this is such an important plant in arctic regions, there are a large number of recipes available for cloudberries and bakeapples.
References:
[1]. David Evans Notes from field observations, tastings and cookery experiments.[2]. Huxley, A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992
[3]. Tanaka, T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World.
[4]. Lim T.K. Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants, Vols 1–8.
[5]. Thomas, G. S. Perennial Garden Plants
[6]. Milner, E. Trees of Britain and Ireland
[7]. Rose, F. & O'Reilly, C. The Wild Flower Key (Revised Edition) – How to identify wild plants, trees and shrubs in Britain and Ireland
[8]. Streeter, D. & Garrard, I. The Wild Flowers of the British Isles
[9]. Clapham, A.R.; Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M. Flora of the British Isles
[10]. Phillips, R. Mushrooms
[10]. Phillips, R. Mushrooms
[11]. Jordan, P. & Wheeler, S. The Complete Book of Mushrooms: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Edible Mushrooms
[12]. Bunker, F.; Brodie, J.A.; Maggs, C.A. & Bunker, A. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland.
[13]. Facciola, S. Cornucopia — A Source Book of Edible Plants
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