{"id":761,"date":"2017-12-21T23:20:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T23:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/?p=761"},"modified":"2025-11-11T14:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:21:12","slug":"elderberry-syrup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/elderberry-syrup\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderberry Syrup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<section id=\"mv-creation-116\" class=\"mv-create-card mv-create-card-116 mv-recipe-card mv-create-card-style-square mv-no-js mv-create-center-cards mv-create-has-uppercase mv-create-traditional-nutrition mv-create-has-image \" style=\"position: relative;\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"mv-create-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<header class=\"mv-create-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mv-create-title-wrap\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mv-create-title mv-create-title-primary\">Elderberry Syrup<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"mv-create-image-container\">\n\n\t\t<div id=\"mv-create-116\" class=\"mv-create-reviews\" data-mv-create-id=\"116\" data-mv-create-rating=\"\" data-mv-create-total-ratings=\"\" data-mv-rest-url=\"https:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/\"><\/div>\n\t<!-- This is a button so it inherits theme styles -->\n\t<form class=\"mv-create-print-form\" method=\"get\" target=\"_blank\" action=\"https:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/mv-create\/v1\/creations\/116\/print\"><button class=\"mv-create-button mv-create-print-button\" data-mv-print=\"https:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/mv-create\/v1\/creations\/116\/print\">Print<\/button><\/form>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mv-create-ingredients\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"mv-create-ingredients-title mv-create-title-secondary\">Ingredients<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mv-create-ingredient-group\" data-ingredient-group=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"mv-create-ingredient-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-ingredient-index=\"0\" data-ingredient-id=\"1155\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2\/3 cup dried black elderberries (about 3 ounces)\r\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-ingredient-index=\"1\" data-ingredient-id=\"1156\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 1\/2 cups of water\r\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-ingredient-index=\"2\" data-ingredient-id=\"1157\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2 Tablespoons fresh or dried ginger root\r\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-ingredient-index=\"3\" data-ingredient-id=\"1158\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 teaspoon cinnamon powder\r\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-ingredient-index=\"4\" data-ingredient-id=\"1159\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1\/2 teaspoon cloves or clove powder\r\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-ingredient-index=\"5\" data-ingredient-id=\"1160\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 cup raw honey\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"mv-create-instructions mv-create-instructions-slot-v2\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"mv-create-instructions-title mv-create-title-secondary\">Instructions<\/h3>\n\t\t<ol><li data-step-index=\"0\" id=\"mv_create_116_1\">Pour water into medium saucepan and add elderberries, ginger, cinnamon and cloves (do not add honey!)<\/li><li data-step-index=\"1\" id=\"mv_create_116_2\">Bring to a boil and then cover and reduce to a simmer for about 45 minutes to an hour until the liquid has reduced by almost half. At that point, remove from heat and let cool enough to be handled. Mash the berries carefully using a spoon or other flat utensil. Pour through a strainer into a glass jar or bowl.<\/li><li data-step-index=\"2\" id=\"mv_create_116_3\">Discard the elderberries (or compost them!) and let the liquid cool to lukewarm. When it is no longer hot, add 1 cup of honey and stir well.<\/li><li data-step-index=\"3\" id=\"mv_create_116_4\">When honey is well mixed into the elderberry mixture, pour the syrup into a quart sized mason jar or 16 ounce glass bottle of some kind.<\/li><li data-step-index=\"4\" id=\"mv_create_116_5\">Store in the fridge and take daily for its immune boosting properties. Some sources recommend taking only during the week and not on the weekends to boost immunity.<\/li><li data-step-index=\"5\" id=\"mv_create_116_6\">Standard dose is \u00bd tsp to 1 tsp for kids and \u00bd Tbsp to 1 Tbsp for adults. If the flu does strike, take the normal dose every 2-3 hours instead of once a day until symptoms disappear.<\/li><\/ol>\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"mv-create-nutrition\">\n\t<div class=\"mv-create-nutrition-box\">\n\t\t<h4 class=\"mv-create-nutrition-title mv-create-strong\"><span>Nutrition Information<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mv-create-nutrition-item mv-create-nutrition-serving-size mv-create-traditional-nutrition-serving-size\"><h4 class=\"mv-create-nutrition-label mv-create-uppercase mv-create-strong\">Serving Size<\/h4> 1<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<br><span class=\"mv-create-nutrition-amount\"><em>Amount Per Serving<\/em><\/span>\n\n\t\t<span class=\"mv-create-nutrition-item mv-create-nutrition-calories\"><span class=\"mv-create-nutrition-label mv-create-uppercase\">Calories<\/span> 80<\/span><span class=\"mv-create-nutrition-item mv-create-nutrition-total-fat\"><span class=\"mv-create-nutrition-label mv-create-uppercase\">Total Fat<\/span> 1g<\/span><span class=\"mv-create-nutrition-item mv-create-nutrition-sodium\"><span class=\"mv-create-nutrition-label mv-create-uppercase\">Sodium<\/span> 34mg<\/span><span class=\"mv-create-nutrition-item mv-create-nutrition-carbohydrates\"><span class=\"mv-create-nutrition-label mv-create-uppercase\">Carbohydrates<\/span> 21g<\/span><span class=\"mv-create-nutrition-item mv-create-nutrition-protein\"><span class=\"mv-create-nutrition-label mv-create-uppercase\">Protein<\/span> 1g<\/span>\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<footer class=\"mv-create-footer\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"mv-create-footer-flexbox\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"mv-create-categories\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/footer>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mv-create-checklists\" data-creation-id=\"116\"><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/elderberry-syrup\/4fcdccbc-a3f3-439e-9664-227e0f7d8314\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-762\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-762 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/4FCDCCBC-A3F3-439E-9664-227E0F7D8314-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-remedies","category-recipes"],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1985,"href":"https:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions\/1985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurelblackmorris.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}