Elderberry syrup, the old way
The centerpiece of every cold-season shelf, made the way it's been made for generations. One pot on a Sunday keeps the ritual going for weeks.
The traditional method
- 1 cup dried elderberries
- with 4 cups of water in a pot
- A thumb of ginger, 1 cinnamon stick
- the classic company
- Simmer 45 minutes
- low and slow, until reduced by half
- Strain and cool
- press the berries gently
- Stir in 1 cup raw honey
- only once it's cooled — never boil honey
- Jar, label, refrigerate
- a spoonful daily through the season; keeps ~6 weeks
Cooked, strained elderberries are the tradition — raw berries and stems are not for eating. As with everything here: comfort and custom, not medicine.
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