Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, elderflower syrup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Elderflower Syrup is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Elderflower Syrup is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
Make elderflower syrup to make beverages or to add to fruit, yogurt, and desserts as a wonderful topping. It can keep in the fridge for one month. Growing up in Austria means growing up with elderflower syrup.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have elderflower syrup using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Elderflower Syrup:
- Prepare 12 umbels of elderflower
- Make ready 1/2 orange (organic!!!)
- Make ready 1/2 lemon (organic!!!)
- Take 500 g sugar
- Take 500 ml water
Elderflower syrup taste is the taste of my childhood. I grew up in a rural area of Croatia, surrounded with trees and farms. One of the things we used to do as a children is collecting elderflower blossoms. The elder bush bears white blossoms, suitable for making juice and jam.
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).
It's this time of the year when I keep a watchful eye on the elderflower trees if they are ready to harvest so I can make cordial out of it. Elderflower syrup making season is here! In June, the Elderberries are flowering and there is no better time to be outside harvesting elderflowers. We simply love homemade elderflower syrup - especially for sweet treats like this ice-cream cake or this elderflower ice cream. It's so easy to make and we have no idea.
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