Juicing Elderberries: The Best Tips and Tricks

The elderberry is a true vitamin bomb. It contains plenty of vitamins C, B, and A as well as potassium. Juicing elderberries is a fast way to make a healthy and tasty juice.

Juicing elderberries – that’s how it works

Wear old clothes and gloves when picking elderberries, as the berry’s juice is difficult to wash off clothes and hands.

• You should only collect umbels that have fully colored berries.
• Place the elderberry umbels in a large pot and completely cover the umbels with water. This will help remove dirt, dust, and insects from the berries.
• Using a fork, pick the panicles from the umbels. You should note that only fully colored berries go into the pot. You should remove unripe berries.
• To make elderberry juice with a steam juicer, you need two kilograms of elderberries and 200 grams of sugar per liter.
• Place the elderberries in a strainer and fill the bottom pot of the juicer with water. Then place the steam extractor on the stove. Once the water is boiling, let the berries juice for 50 minutes.
• Now drain a liter of juice. You should pour the juice over the berries. This will ensure that the juice has the same concentration.
• Now you need to drain all the juice and put it in a large saucepan. Then add the sugar.
• The mixture must now be brought to a boil for two to three minutes while stirring.
• To make the juice last longer, you should put it in sterile jars with a tight seal. Unopened, it has a shelf life of eight to ten months.

Make elderberry juice without a steam juicer

You don’t necessarily need a steam extractor or juicer to make fruit juice. All you need for this method is a large pot. And just like juicing with a steam juicer, you need 200 grams of sugar per liter for two kilograms of elderberries.

• Place the elderberries in a saucepan and cover them completely with water.
• The berries must now be simmered for about ten minutes until they burst.
• As soon as the berries have burst, you need to put the mixture in a colander. Catch the juice. Place the berries on a tea towel and squeeze them out again.
• Add the sugar to the juice. Boil the juice while stirring and simmer for two to three minutes.
• Pour the juice into sterile jars and seal them airtight. In this way, the juice can be kept for eight to ten months.