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May bud syrup

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 300 g spruce shoots, fresh light green, alternatively fir tips
  • 600 g sugar, preferably cane sugar

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Rest period approx. 30 days; Total time approx. 30 days 10 minutes

Spruce or fir tip syrup

Layer the light green May buds alternately with the sugar in a large preserving jar. The layer of May buds should be twice as high as the sugar layer. The last layer should be sugar. Let stand in a warm, sunny place for 2-3 weeks until a syrup has formed. Then strain through a cheesecloth and pour the syrup into dark jars. It has an expectorant effect as a cough syrup, but is also popular for culinary purposes.

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Written by John Myers

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