Homemade Elderberry Syrup Recipe
Elderberry syrup is full of immune boosting, real food ingredients that can help keep your whole family healthy! It is delicious plain, or you can make tea with it, or put it on pancakes.
Equipment
- 1 Medium saucepan
- 1 ladle or large spoon
- 1 Fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth
- 3 small glass jars 8 oz, or you can use larger jars if desired
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried elderberries
- 4 cups filtered water
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 1 inch fresh ginger peeled
- 1 whole lemon sliced
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 3/4 cup raw honey or to taste
Instructions
- Slice the lemon and peel the ginger
- Combine water, elderberries, lemon, ginger, tumeric and cinnamon sticks in a medium pot over medium heat. Don’t add the raw honey yet! Bring the mixture to a boil.
- Reduce to a simmer for 45 minutes. The elderberry syrup should be reduced almost in half.
- Remove from heat, and cool completely.
- Once the elderberry syrup is completely cool, stir in the raw honey.
- Strain out the elderberries and other large ingredients through a fine mesh strainer. Store in the fridge in sealed glass jars for up to 2 months.