The Best Elderberry Syrup Recipes

THE BEST ELDERBERRY SYRUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Add all of the dried herbs and fresh ginger root to a medium saucepan with the filtered water.
• Bring to a boil and turn down to a simmer for about 1 hour or until you reduce the liquid by half.
• Strain out all of the herbs by pouring the decoction (strong tea you just made) into a large glass measuring cup with a fine-mesh sieve set over the top. Press firmly to extract all of the tea. Make sure the tea measures 2 cups.
• Pour in 1 cup of raw, preferably local, honey into the measuring glass. Gently stir to incorporate the honey. If your honey has crystallized and is solid, pour the honey and tea back into the saucepan set on low heat to gently melt the honey and incorporate it.
• You have just made an herbal syrup- as easy as that!
• Once the syrup has cooled to room temperature, pour it into a large glass jar to store in your refrigerator. Label with the contents and date! (That's the most important step!)

ELDERBERRY SYRUP

Steps:

• Place elderberries, water, cinnamon stick, cloves, and ginger in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 30 minutes. Use a potato masher to mash berries to release juice; strain the mixture through a fine sieve, retaining juice and discarding the pulp. Let juice cool.
• Stir in honey until thoroughly combined and transfer to a lidded jar. Keeps in refrigerator 2 to 3 months.