Elderflower Jelly with Oranges and Lemons

As usual with elderberries, it takes time.

• Cut off the flower umbels, preferably after the rain, because that's where the little residents have fled. Prepare a large bowl, wash the oranges and the lemon too.
• Remove the stems from the flowers, remove the peel from the oranges with a knife, cut into slices and place on the flowers, the lemon too. Top up with the orange juice. Seal with foil and put in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
• The next day, rinse the glasses with hot water, I pour some limoncello (lemon liqueur) into the lids, which is then added to the jelly when filling.
• I take a potato bag to express, a cheesecloth is also possible. Now use a sieve to fill the bag with a ladle and squeeze everything out very vigorously. Squeeze out the orange + lemon slices firmly. Now measure the juice then measure the sugar, this time I worked with 3-1 preserving sugar for the first time, I'm curious. Bring the small thyme leaves to the boil. But really only a few, I figured that might make for a good taste. Now put everything in a tall saucepan, add the sugar and bring it to a boil. As soon as it bubbles, switch on the timer for 4 minutes. Switch the heat down.
• The glasses are ready, the funnel is waiting to be used, fill up to the top, put on the tight lid and the liqueur comes into the jelly. I don't turn the glasses over (headstand) because one of them ran out and it really hurt. It also works like this, after a certain time the lids crack.
• So now I have enough supplies and my pen friend will be happy. Thank you for the second reading. Greetings from Uschi