{"id":5178,"date":"2022-10-03T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/?p=5178"},"modified":"2023-02-20T16:38:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T21:38:12","slug":"how-to-make-elderberry-syrup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/recipes\/how-to-make-elderberry-syrup\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Elderberry Syrup for Seasonal Immunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elderberries are packed with antioxidants and vitamins that make them great for boosting your immune system. Elderberry syrup is a great way to get all the benefits of elderberries in an easy-to-take form. This recipe makes a delicious syrup that can be taken by the spoonful or added to other drinks.<\/p>\n<h2>How to make elderberry syrup<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup elderberries<\/li>\n<li>3 cups water<\/li>\n<li>1 inch piece of ginger peeled and grated<\/li>\n<li>1 cinnamon stick<\/li>\n<li>4 whole cloves<\/li>\n<li>2 strips of fresh or dried orange peel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Add all ingredients except the honey or agave to a pan and bring to a boil.<\/p>\n<p>Reduce the heat and simmer for 45 minutes or until it reduces by about half.<\/p>\n<p>Remove from the heat and let cool for a little while before pouring through a strainer into a glass jar.<\/p>\n<p>Add your honey or agave and stir well.<\/p>\n<p>Elderberry syrup will last for several months in the refrigerator. Be sure to label it with the date, so you know when it was made.<\/p>\n<p>Now you can make a delicious and nutritious elderberry syrup that can help boost your immune system. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>Warning about not eating raw elderberries:<\/p>\n<p>Do not eat raw elderberries as they can contain a substance that can cause stomach upset. Cooked elderberries are safe to eat.<\/p>\n<p>Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/ritae-19628\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=4434794\">-Rita-\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83c\udf73 und \ud83d\udcf7 mit \u2764<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=4434794\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elderberries are packed with antioxidants and vitamins that make them great for boosting your immune system. Elderberry syrup is a great way to get all the benefits of elderberries in an easy-to-take form. This recipe makes a delicious syrup that can be taken by the spoonful or added to other drinks. How to make elderberry &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1452],"tags":[1420,296,297,1419],"class_list":["post-5178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-cold-remedies","tag-healthy-cooking","tag-healthy-food","tag-natural-remedies"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-make-elderberry-syrup.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5178"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5217,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178\/revisions\/5217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}