Elderflower Syrup

Name: How to cook Elderflower Syrup - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 24 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Kristina K

Elderflower Syrup

In June you can find blooming elder everywhere here. In parks, gardens or at forest borders. I love the fragrance of the umbels and they make a very fine syrup. When I go out to collct the umbels I make shure not to harvest the whole bush but to only pick three to four umbels per bush. I am very lucky to have some of these bushes in my family and friends gardens and they let me pick the flowers in exchange of some syrup. Storebought elderflower syrup is fine but it is more fun and luscious to make it yourself. Mix it with water, wine or Prosecco, add strawberries or mint or both or add a tbsp to a fruit salad. Hope you like it!

Ingredient

Food ration :

24 servings

Cooking time :

40 min + 3 days

umbels of elderflower

1/2

orange (organic!!!)

1/2

lemon (organic!!!)

500 g

sugar

500 ml

water

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

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.

* Step 2

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.

* Step 3

Let the syrup infuse for three days at room temperature. Stir twice a day. (The photo shows the syrup on day three.)

* Step 4

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.

* Step 5

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).

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