Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, elderflower syrup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Elderflower Syrup is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Elderflower Syrup is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook elderflower syrup using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Elderflower Syrup:
- Take 12 umbels of elderflower
- Make ready 1/2 orange (organic!!!)
- Get 1/2 lemon (organic!!!)
- Take 500 g sugar
- Get 500 ml water
Overview Information Elderflower is the flower of a tree. An extract of the flower is used to make medicine. Elderflower is used for swollen sinuses (), colds, influenza (), swine flu, bronchitis. Elderflower Syrup making season is here!
Instructions to make Elderflower Syrup:
- Wash orange and lemon with hot water. Cut into slices. Yes, the peel stays with them. In a large pot cook water and sugar until sugar has dissolved plus 10 minutes.
- Carefully wash the elderflowers and drain. If you know they are already clean when picked just shake out insects that might possibly be in the flowers and try to keep the pollen. In a big glass jar layer the slices of the citrus fruits with the umbels. Pour over the warm, but not too hot syrup and cover with a kitchen towel.
- Let the syrup infuse for three days at room temperature. Stir twice a day. (The photo shows the syrup on day three.)
- Fill the syrup into super clean bottles using a very fine strainer possibly using a fine cloth. Secure tightly and store in the fridge. Should be good for 6 months if everything was very clean before filling in.
- Enjoy with water or sparkling wine. Can also recommend the here very popular combination of sparkling wine, elderflower syrup, a little water and a branch of mint as aperitif (an alternative to Aperol spritz).
This year the North Carolina Elderberries are flowering at the same time as the honeysuckle and wild multiflora rose. There is no better time to be outside harvesting elderflowers! Plus, you don't have to grow elderberries to have access to elderflowers; take a drive in the co For years I have made my elderflower syrup the way described above and always thought cleaning up the sticky mess in the kitchen was an unavoidable part of the precedure. You can pour just a little bit of it in a glass and fill the rest with sparkling water and ice. Don't forget to squeeze extra lemon or lime juice in the glass, it will give it an extra lemony tanginess, which I find great.
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