Ingredients 1 3/4 cup dried elderberries 2 3 cup s water 3 1 teaspoon dried cinnamon or 1 cinnamon stick 4 1 teaspoon dried cloves or 4 whole cloves or 1 drop clove essential oil 5 1 tablespoon fresh ginger or 1 teaspoon dried ginger or 1 drop ginger essential oil 6 1 cup raw honey
If you want to make elderberry syrup with a low-carb sweetener (such as monk fruit or stevia) but still have a thick syrup, follow the directions below using whatever sweetener you want. One thing about elderberry syrup… It takes a lot of honey!
Use arrowroot powder to make a healthy, thick, pourable elderberry syrup. Combine dried elderberries and filtered water in a pot over medium-high heat until boiling. Turn heat down to medium-low and simmer for 30-45 minutes or until liquid is reduced by half.
Place the measuring cup filled with the elderberry syrup in it into the ice bath. Let the syrup jar cool in the ice bath about 15 minutes or until cooled. Remove the cooled syrup from the ice bath. Add the raw honey to a quart-size mason jar. Pour the syrup into mason jar. Stir the honey and syrup together until they combine.