John Myers
Ingredients for 1 servings:
- 40 elderflower umbels
- 4 sprigs lemon balm
- 1 sprig of peppermint
- 3 kg sugar
- 2 liters of water
- 50 g citric acid
- 1 lemon(s), organic
- 1 orange(s)
Instructions
Working time approx. 15 minutes; Rest period approx. 4 days; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 4 days 30 minutes
For approx. 4 liters
Collect the elderflowers on a sunny, dry day and make sure that as few creepy crawlies as possible end up in the basket! At home, carefully shake off any bugs; do not wash them! This would lose the valuable, aromatic pollen. Place the flowers in a sufficiently large pot. Thinly slice the lemon and squeeze the orange. Add them to the flowers along with the washed herbs and all other ingredients. Place the pot in a cool, dark place, such as the cellar, for about 4 days. Sometimes the sugar will not have completely dissolved. Now heat everything up; by this time, even the last trace of sugar will have dissolved. Strain out all solids and bottle while still hot. Thanks to the sugar and citric acid, it will easily keep for a year, but it should still be stored in a cool place (e.g., a cellar). The syrup is very economical; a mixing ratio of 1:10 is perfectly sufficient.
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