Wonderful Homemade Elderflower Syrup

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You're making a fragrant homemade elderflower syrup that starts with steeping fresh elderflowers for a full day — the main time investment is the waiting rather than active hands-on work. The key trick is keeping everything cool and unheated to preserve all those beneficial properties, plus you'll want to give yourself a bit of prep time upfront to clean the elderflowers and lemons thoroughly.

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    Prepare the elderflowers

    Boil the water and let it cool. Add the elderflowers, which you should have left spread out on the table or floor for a while beforehand, so any little bugs or insects can crawl out.

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    Prepare the lemons

    Wash the lemons very thoroughly under hot water and slice them. Remove the pips.

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    Leave to steep

    Put the elderflowers, citric acid, and lemon slices into the boiled and cooled water. Leave the whole mixture to stand in a cool place for 24 hours.

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Wonderful Homemade Elderflower Syrup

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Active time total 1 h
Prep 20 min Cook 40 min
5 Ingredients
5 Steps
Medium Difficulty

Ingredients — what you'll need

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What's in it?

1481 kcal

Calories

381 g

Carbohydrates

0 g

Fats

1 g

Proteins

The nutritional information is an estimate and may vary based on the specific ingredients used.

About this recipe

We've been making this syrup at home for as long as I can remember. But now that it's become trendy again, it's high time we got brewing! There's a short window each year when you can make this fantastic homemade syrup that helps with all sorts of ailments — think coughs, congestion, or the common cold. And it also tastes absolutely wonderful, so you'll be all set for summer lemonades too.

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