Elder Syrup
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the berries
Pick off the elder berries and bake them in a stone jar.
Strain the baked berries through a coarse sieve into a clean kettle.
Make the syrup
Add 1 pound of sugar for every quart of juice.
Boil the mixture and skim it well until clear.
Pour the syrup into a jar, cool it, and cover it.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Elder berries
- Provide the juice and the distinctive flavour of the syrup.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the syrup and helps preserve it once cooked and sealed.
The step that matters
Skimming the boiled mixture until clear. Foam and impurities rise to the surface as the juice boils. Skimming them off keeps the syrup clear and stops them spoiling the finished product.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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