Elder Berry Syrup
(from home4edu’s recipe box)
medicinal
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
Serves 24 people
Categories: Medicine
Ingredients
- 1/2 C dried Elder Berries or 1 C fresh or frozen
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 5 cloves
- 1 T freshly grated ginger
- 2 C h2o -distilled or filtered or mineral
- 1 C raw local honey
Directions
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To a small saucepan add all the ingredients except honey.
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Cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat to simmer, partially covered, and reduce to 1/2, approx. 20 minutes.
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Strain concoction into a bowl. Stir in the honey and stir to combine/dissolve.
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Cool and store in a lidded glass container in the fridge for 2-3 weeks.
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Syrups don’t store long, so make in small batches.
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Dose: if sick, can take up to 1T/hr. or if preventive, 1T qid.