Medicinal Elderberry Syrup

Name: Medicinal Elderberry Syrup
Ingredients: 6 cups elderberries; 3 cups water water; 20 lemon verbena leaves; 20 holy basil leaves; 3 inches cinnamon sticks; 3 whole cloves; 1 lemon slice; 3 tablespoons fresh ginger, Chopped; 1/3 - 1 cup raw honey, to taste

9 ingredients

2 steps

Ingredients

6 cups elderberries
3 cups water water
20 lemon verbena leaves
20 holy basil leaves
3 inches cinnamon sticks
3 whole cloves
1 lemon slice
3 tablespoons fresh ginger, Chopped
1/3 - 1 cup raw honey, to taste

Directions

1

Put elderberries in a pot with half their volume of water, herbs and spices. Simmer, mash berries and stir occasionally for about 1 hours or until reduced by about half. Strain the berries and squeeze out the juice using cheesecloth or a jelly bag. Unlike making jelly, you want to squeeze the berries and get out as much of the juice as possible rather than letting drain on its own.
2

Once strained and just barely warm mix in honey to taste. You do not want to kill all the goodness (5,000 live enzymes) raw honey provides so don`t heat it. You can store the syrup in the fridge, freezer.