Elderberries feel like one of those wild foods that most everyone is at least a little bit familiar with. They're really common, usually fruit in abundance, and can be made into lots of delicious things! Fritters, tea, liqueur, wine, jelly, fruit leather, and of course syrup!
I mostly followed Hank Shaw's recipe! @huntgathercook But I used a steam juicer for the extraction! I love my steam juicer for processing large batches of fruit, and it worked great for this!
The syrup is delicious as food and elderberry also has lots of health benefits! I had a small spoon of syrup every day leading up to my international travels to help prevent catching the travel bugs that seem so common!
I'll be using this syrup for all sorts of stuff over the next several months! You'll be seeing it again soon!
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