Ginger Orange Elderberry Syrup (Instant Pot and Stovetop) Stay healthy this cold and flu season with our homemade Ginger Orange Elderberry Syrup! It's easy to make …
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HOW TO MAKE ELDERBERRY SYRUP. Put dried elderberries, cinnamon sticks, fresh ginger, whole cloves and half a lemon in the Instant Pot. Add 4 cups filtered or bottled water. Close the Instant Pot with the valve in the “SEALING” position, then cook on manual pressure for 10 minutes.
1 Add all ingredients except honey and essential oils to the Instant Pot and set for manual / pressure cooking on high for 10 minutes. 2 Do a quick release. Strain the syrup into a large bowl to remove the berries. 3 Add raw honey and essential oils, and mix well. Pour into glass Mason jars. 4 Store in the refrigerator for up to a month. ...
Homemade elderberry syrup is more runny in texture than a store-bought version. This is because we didn’t boil the elderberries with a granulated sugar, and the concentration of sugar is lower than store-bought recipes, which need to be shelf-stable.
When used within the first 48 hours of onset of symptoms, the extract has actually been found to reduce the duration of the flu with symptoms being relieved on an average of four days earlier. During the 1995 Panama flu epidemic, the government actually employed the use of the elderberry to fight the flu.