Food From Your Garden from The Reader’s Digest Association Ltd\u00a0 (published 1977).\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n6lb (3kg) ripe elderberries
\nSugar (or honey)
\n1\/2pt (300ml) water
\n6 cloves and a piece of root ginger or 2oz (50g) cinnamon and 1 level teaspoon allspice<\/p>\n
Strip the elderberries from the stalks, wash them and discard any that are shrivelled.<\/p>\n
Put the water and berries together in a large earthenware bowl and break up the fruits. (Do this by mashing the fruit in a bowl then heating over a pan of water until the juice runs, then mashing again.)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nStrain the pulp through muslin or a jelly bag (coffee filters work too) and to each pint (600ml) of juice add 3\/4lb (375g) sugar.<\/p>\n
Put the sweetened mixture into a pan and simmer for 10 minutes. \u00a0Whilst it’s simmering add either the cloves and ginger or the cinnamon and allspice.\u00a0 Pour into\u00a0sterilised warmed bottles and seal.<\/p>\n
Foragers Note: Never strip a branch bare of all it’s fruit. Take berries from different branches and trees, saving some for the birds.<\/em><\/p>\nHappy harvesting…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
First we had cordial, now it’s the time for the elderberry syrup. The fabulous elder tree just keeps on giving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1798],"tags":[1854,129,1855,1813,33,2017],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
A winter's tonic - Elderberry Syrup Recipe<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n