HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE ELDERBERRY SYRUP - EASY STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL
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Making homemade elderberry syrup from fresh, frozen, or dried elderberries is quick, easy and very affordable. But staying healthy through seasonal ups and downs can be a real challenge. Did you know that elderberry is not only a delicious fruit, but it is considered one of the premier herbs for boosting and balancing the immune system AND fighting off viruses? Also, it's considered VERY safe AND delicious! Wow!
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You can use elderberries in elderberry tea, or an elderberry tincture, but the most delicious way to take it is in a honey syrup! In this simple tutorial, Caroyln shows the entire step-by-step process to making this natural cold and flu remedy, and even teaches you how to can it for long-term storage.
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There was a time when my husband and i were both unemployed, we had two kids and were so worried they would get ill and we would need to take them to hospital, we had elderberry bushes in our yard i made elderberry juice with the flowers and elderberry syrup with the berries. My kids, husband and i never got sick while drinking it. It is truely an amazing plant and since then wherever we live, i grow elderberry bushes. Thanks for this recipe.
Elder used to be called the "Country mans medicine cabinet" because it has so many useful properties. The flowers make a delicious cordial and the berries make a nice syrup (high in vitamin C). When I was a boy, my mother gave us kids elder cordial/syrup all year long. Sadly, its not as readily available in stores now.
That's scary!
I wouldn't wish that insecurity on anyone.
Having been born in a Healthcare system running stabile since 1883 American realty is often eye opening.
Were do you get seed or plants
@@ApiaryManager It is such a versatile plant i honestly can't live with out mine.
@@fionafiona1146 Hi Fiona, you are so right it is a very scary situation to be in and even more so with the world situation, no one wants to go to hospital unless absolutely necessary. keep well and stay safe.
So glad to find your video again as we just harvested our first Elderberries for 2024. I save all your recipes in a folder for our children. ❤️
Wonderful!
I would pour that syrup in the Honey jar and shake it until incorperated . Good video thanks for sharing.
Thank you for being so articulate and pausing between words and sentences. That's a sign of a good instructor. I love this recipe.
haha, I am from NJ I need to watch it in 1.8x for normal talking speed for me.
You can tell she used to be an elementary school teacher.
@@thyme4coffee203
Lol, I know, I’m listening at 2.0. From Minnesota 😄
I need things slow to understand, just how my brain works.
Elderberries grow wild here in MO. I bought some plants last year, they are beautiful plants, lovely flowers and pretty berries. In January you cut them back to 4,to 6 inches. Take the sticks that you pruned and poke them into the ground, or container. As long as you have 1 to 2 buds below the ground level and 2 to 2 above, they sprout and grow so easy! The flower heads smell so great.
Thank you for that advice I have trees all over my property I just purchased this year, I’d love to plant some a little closer to the house
Luckyy! Living in MN is hard to grow most medicinal specimens 😥
How long for the new clippings to produce their berries please?
@@patriciaboatman8423 that depends on your soil. We put elderberry starts in our wild life opening, poor soil. They grow slower and take about 3 yrs to produce. The starts I put in good soil, most fruited the first year.
The berries are ripe about the middle of of August. So from January to August in fertile soil, good moisture, good sun.
Thank you for mentioning this is an immune system regulator rather than booster. I have SLE Lupus and APS which are both due to the immune system overdoing it. Many people have illnesses that are due to an overactive immune system, but nobody ever mentions the need for immune system regulation. Glad to be a new subscriber!
Have you tried the elderberry and has it worked for you ?
@@AlabamaConstitutionalCrusader Hi. I am in the middle of having some additional hospital tests done. I thought in inadvisable to add something to my general regime until the tests are done. I have made a note of the recipe and hope to try it later.
Web md mentions that people with autoimmune disorders should avoid elderberry consumption because it will overactivate the immune system…. Please be cautious
I'm blown away by how much you know about nutrition, plants, healing, and healthful living. Why can't this stuff be taught in schools!?? I had Home Economics in high school in the 70's and loved it, but we sure didn't learn how to use plants as medicine or how many uses for cows milk there are. So glad I found your educational videos!
The schools are getting worse than when we went in the 70's they are helping to dumby up people the Government does not want people to know how to take care of themselves and they have done a very good job of it. We need to learn all we can because this system is going down and we have to know how to fend for ourselves and that includes doctoring.
@@Freespiritangel61 Couldn't have said it better!!
I find it very interesting that you don't bring the berries to a full boil like most others do, but just to a heated simmer.
It is very smart what you are doing to preserve as much of the nutrients and benefits as possible.
Thanks for the great video.
people bring it to a full boil bc studies show that if you don't boil for 20-30 min then your elberberries will contain the cyanide compound and it can cause dangerous toxicity. Preventing fly isn't helpful if you are giving your family cyanide poisoning.
I moved to south of Sweden from Los Angeles and live in the middle of nature surround by Elderberry bushes on the Baltic coast.Elder berries are called fläder here,and the Swedes make a delicious drink out of the flowers that is loaded with sugar. I didn’t realize the berries were eatable, since the flower gets top billing. I have never known what to do with the berries and usually leave them for the birds.i made this syrup today, and it was so easy and delicious. Thank you so much for this recipe, and the love you put into your videos 🇸🇪💕
would be wonderful with added cloud berries!
Please make videos ❤
I use frozen elderberries from my in-law's. They grow wild all over the area where they live! I like to add fresh ginger, orange peel, and cinnamon as flavorings. I love making the syrup in my insta pot, it's super fast.
Megan I had tons from my trees how many berries to water did you use in the instapot and how much honey.. and for how long in the instapot, and what setting. thanks
I am curious too!
Fantastic idea, I was just thinking about that, waiting for all mine all over my property to be ready for harvest, I’m so excited to make my own !!
I actually switched to making tincture. No sugar and totally shelf stable. My honey is precious, and actually when fighting illness we eliminate all sugars, including honey, except propolis, which is taken in tiny amounts.
Willing to share the recipe? 😁
@@jaydenjaymesx Just cover elderberries with vodka and let sit for four months. Half fresh berries, half vodka. Any cheap vodka will do.
@@julesk3117
Shake regularly and keep in a cool dark place,
Thank you for this awesome video. Very well said & Demonstrated.
@@julesk3117, how much to take daily? How many times when feeling sick?
This was the best tutorial for making elderberry syrup I've watched so far! You made it so easy & simple to understand. Thanks for showing how to make it! I've got it on the stove simmering as I type.
I lost my elderberry syrup recipe and my kids are all dropping like flies with a sickness so I was so happy to remember you had posted this video. It's currently simmering on my stovetop now and I'm making extra to jar up for Christmas gifts this year.
I just finished making this for the first time, and it is absolutely delicious. I can’t thank you enough for not only the recipe, but the way you perfectly explain each and every step to make it easy for someone like me doing it for the very first time❣️
Chaga mushrooms are an immune modulator. Cordyceps are an immune booster. You should get an immersion blender. I wouldn't waste any of the berry material. About a teaspoon of dried thyme might be a great addition to the elderberry syrup. It actually increases white cell counts. It makes a decent tea on its own, too.
🧢 doesnt do anything. My grandmother tried it and it didnt help at all.
@@nicksommer5916 how did she take it? and what’s the rest of her diet and lifestyle like?
@@arnelleprophete9886 shes dead
@@nicksommer5916 what did your grandmother try? Elderberry syrup or mushrooms?
Thyme helps increase white blood cells ?? This would help me.
My daughter started me on the elderberry syrup as an immune booster and I love it even my skin loves it.thank you.
What do you notice about your skin?
got covid, used elderberry syrup from the store, was good in 2 days. this stuff is magical. i see why the celts held elderberry as a sacred plant
I just finally found elderberries and have a 5 gallon bucket now full. happy to find your video on this. I follow you all the time
Just this year I spotted elderberries growing wild in my field...plotted on them...waited and picked an armload still leaving bunches...found freezing them in a bag best to thump the berries from thier stems. Best (for me) method for separating them. Thank you! bring on more old time remedies
I just used this recipe today. It was my first time ever making elderberry syrup. Next time I will use 1 cup of raw honey. It's a little too sweet for me. Either way, I REALLY appreciate this video. It was put together very well 😃💪🏾
Update: everything settled over the last few days and it's no longer too sweet.
My Elderberry bush produced this year. I'm so excited. We were even able to get 15 plant starts replanted as a hedge from the momma bush.
You are simply the best at everything you present. I’m constantly blown away. Girl after my own heart in this cray cray world. 👍👍👍👍👍
I'm watching this as I make our third batch of elderberry syrup for this season.
I started making it with the elderberries from St Fiacres Farm I got in the bulk deal from your "Herbal Medicine Cabinet: Colds" class. My family loves it! My toddler had a runny nose recently and the run of that little cold was far less severe and she got over it quicker than we're used to. The older ones in the family have been taking a daily dose of the elderberry with the fire water and are also feeling the benefits. I've been able to up my doses when I feel a tickle and ward off any virus so I can keep caring for my family.
Last year we were paying for mass produced elderberry that did not taste very good. It wasn't that effective because I couldn't get anyone to take it!
Thank you so much for these lessons you've been sharing. God bless you and your family!
Thank you! Just picked elders off the stems, they just got done simmering and going to start pouring out the berries...smells so good!!!
I have been making elderberry syrup for a couple years. I really like making it, but I also do a elderberry oxymel as well. Love them both!
I made this over two years ago, plopped it in the fridge and then forgot about it. Recently I discovered it, and began adding 2 Tablespoons into my half gallon of fruit infused water along with some other herbs I thought beneficial. It's great! I'm ready to make my next batch and doubt it will last 6 mos. let alone 3 years. :-)
I was looking up info for just that issue. I have 8 pints (expired 11/2021) of elderberry syrup that is sealed and never opened. It's been refrigerated the whole time. I opened a jar sniffed and tasted. It has not ferminted and does not have a off taste. I was wondering should I toss or is it ok for use. Glad to know you used and enjoyed your syrup.
I make the “syrup” without honey and can it. Then add the raw honey when I open the jar. Works perfectly.
Heating destroys the enzymes which make honey so good for you. I would suggest that, if you're going to heat it, use ordinary sugar to make the syrup and, as you have done, add honey to taste later.
@@ApiaryManager as long as the temp of the elderberry syrup is around 98 degrees there is no loss of quality to raw honey.
Do you know how long it will last on the shelf before opening? Several years? I have been considering doing this. I just haven’t yet because I have not had time to look up how long you would boil it in the water bath canner. Would it be the same as elderberry jelly would?
This sounds like a good idea. I think I'll make a batch (with honey) for the fridge, and then make another batch (without honey) and water bath can it then add honey when I finally open up the jar. Seems like a win-win and I can get all my elderberries processed NOW.
You answered all my questions! Really well explained! Thanks so much! Subscribed!!😊
Elderberries grow wild in the hedgerow here (England) - birds eat the fruit and deposit the seeds everywhere...so, they really are very common.
My mum always insisted that we had elderberry syrup in the house each winter when I was a child (~50 years ago) but you can't buy it now. Lots of the old remedies have disappeared off the shelves and you just can't buy them anymore.
As others have said: the elder is a really useful bush (it's called the country mans medecine cabinet for a reason). You can use the elferflower (around May/June) and the berry later in the year. It makes a very nice wine too!
I made this a few years ago and threw the seeds in my compost, the next year we had big healthy elderberry bushes growing
Can the elderberry syrup without the honey, then when you open a can, add the honey. That way you don’t lose the raw properties of the honey
Should be able to put the honey when cooled
@@reneebrown2968 when honey is over about 150° it is useless for medicinal health.
Do you water bath? For how long?
This should only be a fresh recipe....
That's what I do ugh ugh
Thank you for the wonderful video. I made some last night and it was not difficult in the least. My children also enjoyed it. 💜
That's so funny!! I just got my first bad of organic elderberries in the mail yesterday. Thanks for the perfect timing. I am also making some gummies for the grandkids!
how you make the gummies ?
@@DEPARTUERS19 google it or search UA-cam
Thank you for sharing this process! I just bought 2 elderberry plants this year. FYI:
I would pour a little of the warm elderberry juice into the fairly empty honey jar to get more of the honey out. That's because I don't usually use honey or any sweeteners on a regular basis.
Love that you have a kit!!! And it seems much more cost effective than ordering everything needed separate. Thank you!
I make a tea with dried berries and let steep hot but not boiling for 10-15 minutes. With honey and lemon added after straining. So yummy!
I used my steam juicer and it worked great. Thanks for the video. Always learn other methods.
Kathy Barnes, hello! I just used my steam juicer for the first time with elderberries. What is your ratio of honey to the juice? Did you put cinnamon etc into steamer part with the berries?
Add 1/2 cup raw honey for every quart of juice (or to taste).@@doublekhobbyfarm I also use my steam juicer for elderberries. This is what I add to every quart of juice:
1" cinnamon stick
1 whole clove
2 thick slices lemon
2 tablespoons fresh grated ginger
Simmer on low heat for about 20 minutes with lid on.
Strain
I tried making the elderberry syrup, but didn't copy the recipe well. I added 4 cups of water to 2 cups of dried elderberries. I added dried cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. I strained and mashed them, added them back to the pot and added another 2 cups of water and simmered another 8 min and added more seasoning before straining/mashing a second time. I returned all of the juice to the pot, added 1/4c lemon juice and 2 cups of maple syrup, brought to a boil, and waterbath canned for 10min. It sealed properly, but with the changes I made is my syrup still safe to consume? THanks!
That was easy, I want to try that for this winter season. thank you
Love this and love your channel. It's really easy and fast to make elderberry syrup. I tried spruce tip syrup, it's delicious too.❤️ Thank you for this tutorial and bless you❤️❤️❤️
Wow, in case you haven’t done it, check out the description. So many wonderful and free resources! Thank you Josh and Carolyn!
This will be my first time to make elderberry syrup. Didn't realize we had them ALL around us. Thank you!
Andy McCurdy MAKE double share that it’s elderberry plant. I thought we had them also, but they were not. I can’t remember the name of it now but they are poisonous.☠️
yes-make sure you are getting the right plant!
Not sure if I ever said thank you! But I learned how to make my own elderberry syrup from you! Thanks so much!
I just bought some dehydrated. Making my syrup tomorrow! Absolute best way to prevent colds, and store boughtbis too expensive!
This is a super helpful video I’m getting ready to make some elderberry syrup of my own! I really appreciate the helpful tips!! Laura
Love making elderberry syrup for my family😍. Thank you for sharing your wonderful knowledge. God bless y’all!
If I were going to can this up, I would omit the raw honey. The heat from the canning would destroy the goodies in the honey. When you want to use it, just open the jar, pour it into a pan and heat it a little, then add the honey. Then you could take a spoonful and store it in the refrigerator.
Thank you so much for this video! I recently made elderberry syrup and added star anise to it.
Informative, and great artwork. Thank you.
Have used most of your version and it is excellent information and well done. Thank You. We do not use everything in your version but only leave out what we do not want/need/have.
I'm going to try making this. Thank you for sharing.
Just made this. Thank you for this thorough video.
We have our own elderberry bushes, we make this syrup every year, we are seldom sick… by Gods grace and this syrup.
Thank you for this easy to follow video/recipe! I'm new to elder and looking forward to making my first syrup.
Hope you enjoy!
I'll be picking the berries when they're ripe, there's a lot growing wild where I live. Excited to try this!
Love how you made this syrup! will defiantly try this when i can get my hands on a Elderberry tree. I absolutely love raw unfiltered honey. I can't help think how vitally good this would be at the moment with this virus. Thankyou, love your UA-cam channel.
Thank for tip of adding cayenne especially since I grew my own!
I’m saving this!! Thank you!
Hi. I’m in the UK. Elderberries are abundant here. They feature in mainstream OTC medicines too as ‘Sambucol’ - a treatment for colds and flu.
Thank so much! My elderberry bush is setting berries for the first time, I was hoping to find a simple recipe like this.
i love your kitchen, we made elderberry vinegar before, but will try this next time they are in season
Hi, I love your video's!! You explain everything so well! Thank you for sharing.
Glad you like them!
I have been making this for a few years now! my kids love it!!!
Fermented elderberry syrup? Made me chuckle. My late hubby and I made many fermented "syrups". Even won blue ribbons for organic pear "bubbly". Thanks for your insights 💕🙏✝🙏💕
Cindy Michaud hugs to you 💜
how lovely !
Thank you kiddo...you are the best...I appreciate all you do...again thank you.....
I make elderberry syrup kombucha. That is fantastic and much easier way to take it.
I made some for the first time last year.
Love your green pot! How pretty :) thanks for sharing!!
i always pick elderberries during deer season and freeze them for winter jelly. great new thought.
Thank you for sharing !
Is there a printable recipe for this?
Cheers love, great video.
My Elderberries are nursery bought. A Greenleaf Adams pla t and a Purple laceleaf. The berries are abundant but the plant is quite large, about 10' high and 9' wide. They also grow wild many places. Cuttings are easy to root and my plants are only.1 year old. You might e able to I quite of a local gardening group for cutting. I am making my berries into syrup for the coming cold and flu season. Ilivein Everett Waand will share cuttings if anyone is close enough to get them from me. Best of luck.
I have many in my backyard!! Thanks for the recipe !
Tks so much for sharing this recipe with us. This is a must try to use during these winter months
Your recipe is awesome, I've seen some that add so many things it just makes it difficult to make it. Thank you
I thought a syrup was much much thicker. This looks very thin as if it was just water. Do you not cook it down in order to save the medicinal properties?
Is the lemon juice necessary if you don't can it? Thanks for so much good info!
Looks delicious! I’m going to try this this year!
I just planted 4 elderberry trees this spring
Thank you for another lovely video Carolyn. I love your notebook, is that a mason jar full of asters on the back counter? The colors are so vibrant!
Elderberries make awesome homemade wine !!!
Good video. When I can it, I leave the honey out and add it when I open the jar.
4 cups of water
2 cups of fresh or 1 cup of dried elderberry
2 cups of honey
1/4 cup of lemon juice
Optional: cinnamon stick, ginger, cayanne or clove to taste
Simmer for 15 minutes. Should be a tea consistency. Strain out berries and spices. Pour juice back in to pot. Add raw honey to cooled juice for fridge storage. If canning use regular honey not raw.
If canning bring back up to a simmer and add to clean jars and water bath can for 10 minutes.
Tank you for the cool precentation medicine help imuni system
My Gran crushed elderberries heated then to almost boiling then tipped them intio a large mason jar with equal weight of suger and the whole rind of an orange that had been browned under the grill a small piece of cinnamon and 3 cloves. Then topped up the jar with gin or vodka ( the cheapest rotgut) and closed lid tightly
She put it in a cool dark place turning it when ever she passed by for 3 months. She then strained at bottled it
Delicious with soda water or as a liqueur.
Do you have to refrigerate it? I not sure if the vodka acts like a preservative for you that it can be stored in a cold, dry place. let me know your thoughts. Thank you.
Thank you, Caroline
Cayenne Pepper is good for people to take during a heart attack (Aspirin too, Aspirin can be used for strokes too)! I'm making that syrup!!!!
I had a lot of frozen in my deep freezer from last fall, thought I would get to it now .. I made about 6 half pints today of the jam using Pomona’s Pectin so so good .. now I want to make the tincture your making with rest ..
Thank you for a excellent recipe!!
I made a batch today. Love it.
Caroline,
A couple of questions...
Why didn't you add
Astragalus Root
to your syrup? Does it not taste good with sweet flavors? Also, the link for the berries is Twice as expensive as the dried berries on Amazon. If You tell me they are worth it, I'll buy them. I don't know if you would recommend any brands they have on Amazon. This year in March I had a tumour cut out of my back and we used MediHoney in the wound(really just a big hole in my back) and I healed up WEEKS earlier than the doctor said. Honey is Awesome! Thank you very much for y'alls videos, they make my day!
Hi Zen I like your question, if you want to add Astragalus to your berries, you should only use one third of it. It is mush better because it keeps blood pressure normal, and also good for the whole immune system, go for it . Peace
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Thanks! Will do
Thank you for sharing
Dont let your elderberry's simmer at over 170 degrees anymore than that you start losing beneficial nutrients quickly. At 160-170 the cyanide steams off even though it's a very low dose like apples some people are sensitive to it so 160-170 for 20 min removes it
Need to say that glass lways extends the life of the product it holds, including mayo ( home made or store bought). I have nodess that the plastic always let your products go bad before the by date.
Can this be made without the lemon? Not against it, just don’t have any. I made some Rosehips syrup while ago & it yielded way less than I had wanted, & now am looking for a way to make Elderberry Syrup w/ alcohol (only bc I thought elderberry syrup without it would last only a month in the fridge) That’s not what you stated however, Yay!! SO, I find a recipe using the main constituent Elderberry but I don’t have lemons at this particular time, so, just wondered if I could do it without those lemons? Have all my stuff still out to fill more bottles. Thank you for you post. Very, very good!!!
Great demonstration!
I love the taste of elderberry
Great recipe
Hello,
Thank you for all your ideas and collaboration to the world!
Question.. Can I also add garlic to this syrup?
thank you!