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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Elderberry Cordial

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

  • 8 quarts elderberries
  • 2 quarts cold water
  • 4 lbs sugar
  • 1 tablespoon whole allspice
  • 1 tablespoon whole cloves
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 quarts whiskey or 2 quarts brandy

Recipe

  • 1 stem and wash berries.
  • 2 cover with water and cook until very soft; strain.
  • 3 measure juice; for each quart, add 2 cups of sugar.
  • 4 return to saucepan.
  • 5 tie spices in bag and add to sugar/juice mixture.
  • 6 cook until thick.
  • 7 cool, remove spices and measure again.
  • 8 add 1 pint liquor for each quart of syrup.
  • 9 bottle and cork tightly.
  • 10 let sit in cool dark place for at least three weeks.
  • 11 improves with age.

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