Elderberry syrup
Equipment
- saucepan
Ingredients
- 1 elderberry kit from us
- 1/2 cup local raw honey
if you don't have one of our kits
- 1/3 cup dehydrated elderberry
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 cup local raw honey
Instructions
- Place contents of kit, or ingredients if not using a kit, except the honey, in the mesh bag in a small saucepan. Alternately, you can cook without the bag, and strain through it later. Set the honey aside for later.
- Add 1 1/2 cups water to the saucepan
- Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer, uncovered, on low, for 30-45 minutes. Be careful not to boil off the water. Stir regularly so that you don't burn it. If you've got it in the bag for this step, smash the bag down and stir every few minutes.
- When it's thickened, or after 30 minutes, remove from heat. Cool a bit until you can safely handle it.
- Pour the cooled, cooked mixture into a container, and, using the back of a metal spoon, make sure to squeeze all the elderberry goodness from the mesh bag. Close the drawstring and squeeze out every bit of elderberry goodness. If you don't have a mesh bag, strain through cheesecloth or a coffee filter.
- Cool to room temperature
- Start with 1/4 cup of honey, add more to taste. Mix thoroughly.
- Refrigerate and use within 2 weeks. This makes 8-12 ounces of the total elderberry syrup, depending on how long you cooked/how much it thickened/how much honey you use.
Notes
If you would like to purchase one of our kits, you can order it here