I have been making elderberry syrup for few years now. Just about this time of the year, when I go to village in the last days of May, I pick up about hundred elderberry flowers and make sweet syrup that every member of my family loves to drink.
This year, me and my father-in-law picked up much larger amount than necessary. I dried one part of it for tea, and wondered what to do with other 40-something sweet smelling flowers. I got the idea that I could make liqueur. I mean, since we make cherry liqueur, green nuts liqueur, why not make an elderberry liqueur as well?!
So, if you have clean elderberry flowers at hand, here is what you need to do to get really nice, sweet, syrupy liqueur!
40 elderberry flowers
3 liter water
3 kilograms sugar
1 lemon (just juice)
4 packages citric acid (40 grams)
1/2 liter alcohol (I have used local plum brandy, but vodka is fine as well)
Let flowers sit in water for 24 hours. After that, filer the water to remove flowers and cook the water with sugar until sugar melts completely. Remove the foam that will create on the surface and let it cool down. After it has cooled, add lemon juice, citric acid and alcohol, and mix well. Pour into bottles and voila, you have 4 liter elderberry liqueur!
This year, me and my father-in-law picked up much larger amount than necessary. I dried one part of it for tea, and wondered what to do with other 40-something sweet smelling flowers. I got the idea that I could make liqueur. I mean, since we make cherry liqueur, green nuts liqueur, why not make an elderberry liqueur as well?!
So, if you have clean elderberry flowers at hand, here is what you need to do to get really nice, sweet, syrupy liqueur!
40 elderberry flowers
3 liter water
3 kilograms sugar
1 lemon (just juice)
4 packages citric acid (40 grams)
1/2 liter alcohol (I have used local plum brandy, but vodka is fine as well)
Let flowers sit in water for 24 hours. After that, filer the water to remove flowers and cook the water with sugar until sugar melts completely. Remove the foam that will create on the surface and let it cool down. After it has cooled, add lemon juice, citric acid and alcohol, and mix well. Pour into bottles and voila, you have 4 liter elderberry liqueur!
