My little one was sick and then me, so blogging has not been a priority. Starting to feel better and I realized I haven't posted on the elderberry syrup I made. After my visit to Petit Nuage and then subsequent stop at North York Centre's farmer's market (open on Thursdays), I picked up a pint of elderberries. They look so beautiful :)
I decided to make an elderberry syrup with them following David Lebovitz's recipe which was pretty simple. The time consuming part as mentioned is de-stemming the little berries, which a pint took me about 20 minutes. Since I only had a pint (250 g after de-stemming), I reduced the recipe to a quarter of the amounts. Came out pretty good, but I think next time I'm going to try less sugar; would have liked it slightly more tart.
I've added to plain yogurt, made elderberry yogurt popsicles, and also tried it mixed with club soda and a squirt of lime.
Side note: according to folk medicine, elderberries are supposed to have some effect on treating the flu...too bad I didn't load up on this before we got sick! But, I'd be interesting in reading more studies on this.
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