Elderflower Jelly with Oranges and Lemons

As usual with elderberries, it takes time.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. So now I have enough supplies and my pen friend will be happy. Thank you for the second reading. Greetings from Uschi