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Elderberry Syrup Recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 cups water preferably filtered
  • 1 cup dried elderberries or 2 cups fresh or frozen elderberries
  • 2 tablespoons fresh grated ginger or 2 teaspoons dried ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon or 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1/2 teaspoons ground clove or 1 teaspoon whole cloves
  • 1 cup raw honey

Instructions

  1. Place all ingredients except honey in a pot. Place on medium heat on stove bring to a slow simmer.

  2. Reduce heat to keep a slow simmer for 45 minutes. Keep uncovered to allow the syrup to reduce down while simmering.

  3. Remove from heat and allow to steep for around an hour. The temperature should be slightly warm still but not hot, approximately around 100 degrees.

  4. Strain off berries using a fine mesh strainer or a double layer of cheese cloth. Use a spatula to press out the liquid from the berries. The pour the elderberry mixture into a glass jar. Quart sized mason jars work well.

  5. Next add 1 cup of raw honey to the elderberry mixture and mix to dissolve honey. Adding the honey while the syrup is still warm (not hot) will allow the honey to be more easily incorporated. Put finished syrup into the refrigerator to keep fresh. This recipe is not intended to be kept at room temperature.

Recipe Notes

Tips:

Adding in at least 1 cup of honey to 2 cups of elderberry mixture will help preserve your elderberry syrup longer as honey is a natural preservative.

If you don’t like your elderberry syrup as sweet and want to add less honey or aren’t sure how quickly you will go through the syrup, you can always freeze it in smaller containers for a longer shelf life.

If you freeze your syrup in glass jars be sure to leave a good amount of head space and don’t seal your lid too tightly until is has frozen all the way. This will help to prevent your glass from breaking in the freezer.