Elderberries syrup

Potent antiviral and antibacterial properties. Great immune booster.

This simple recipe is ideal for foragers at all levels of skills.

Foraged ingredient:

• elderberries

Ingredients list:

• 2 cups of fresh elderberries

• 2 liters water

• 4 tbsp of brown sugar or honey

Equipment needed:

• sterilized jars or screw top bottles

• saucepan

• wooden spatula or spoon

• sieve

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Method:

1. Pour water into a saucepan and add elderberries

2. Bring to boil, reduce the heat and simmer with the lid on for about 1 hour

3. You can add sugar at any point of cooking, but if you decide to add honed add it when the syrup cools down.

4. Pour into a clean jar or bottle and keep in the fridge.

If you made more that you can consume in a week you may want to pasteurise your syrup. Sometime it works really well if your pour into jars while it’s still hot and turn upside down. Leave until cool down.

If I’m preparing it for winter, or expect the syrup to last a few months I would usually quickly pasteurise them by boiling the in water for 10-15 minutes and them turning them upside down.