What is elderberry honey?

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Any person needs vitamins and microelements to maintain their he alth. To do this, we must have everything we need on the table. Or, in extreme cases, in every city and village there is a network of pharmacies where you can buy any vitamin or supplement. But the question is, is it useful?

Unfortunately, in order to take certain vitamins, you need to consult an experienced doctor. And he, in turn, may recommend taking them in combination with some other supplement. Only in this way will your body be able to receive the whole complex of valuable elements. And besides, all this is not as cheap as we would like.

Natural vitamins

Now think about the fact that mother nature gives us all the vitamins through different berries, fruits, vegetables and herbs. So why are we torturing our body, stuffing incomprehensible pills and bioadditives? After all, it is enough for us to know how and from what it is possible to prepare a product containing a huge amount of such vitamins necessary for a person. And help us in this, for example, black elderberry.

There is also a red elder, but it is poisonous to humans, they do not make medicines from it and do not eat it. So, back to black, she, like all suchvegetation, blooms in season, and then bears fruit. Here's what we need to make elderberry honey. We use only flowers, they are white and cream, very fragrant. They contain many useful substances, essential oils, sugar, tannin, vitamin C and many more elements.

Properties

Elderflower honey is very useful for colds (flu, tonsillitis, upper respiratory tract diseases), because it has diaphoretic and antibacterial properties. It can be taken by both children and adults in moderation, but only if there are no contraindications or individual intolerance to the ingredients included in elderberry honey.

It can be used in cooking, added to baking, and also eaten for prevention, one teaspoon every day, thereby maintaining your immunity in the cold season. Elder flower honey is able to heal wounds if a small amount is applied to a sore spot. They decontaminate and tighten fairly quickly.

Good to know

There is a very interesting legend about the black elderberry. And she says that this plant has unique properties that prolong the life of a person and keep him young. Elderberry honey relieves swelling very well, they treat pancreatitis.

They relieve stomach pains, and with the help of it they help to increase lactation for nursing mothers. The acids that make up the flowers have a diuretic effect and remove excess fluid fromorganism. This allows elderberry to be used medicinally in order to cleanse the kidneys.

What do you need?

And now that we have learned in detail all the beneficial properties of this plant, we can return to how to make honey from elderberry. This healing delicacy is very easy to cook, but first you need to prepare the devices that we will need in the process:

• from dishes you can use an enamel pan. Choose the volume that is more convenient for you;
• a spoon to stir our elderberry honey, it is better to use a wooden one, it does not oxidize.

Be sure to thoroughly rinse all used dishes, prepare containers where you will drain the contents of the pan.

Cooking honey on our own

And finally, the elderflower honey recipe itself:

• Water - 1 liter.
• Sugar in proportion to the amount of broth 1:1.
• Required - citric acid, 1 teaspoon per 1 kilogram of sugar. Or as you like, you can add less or more - to taste. You can use fresh lemon instead.
• And, of course, the flowers of the medicinal plant themselves - 300 grams.

Before placing inflorescences in a pan, they must be sorted out and washed, rid of dry leaves and insects. Next, we lay them tightly on the bottom, fill them with cold water and cover with any plate on top. The pot of flowers now needs to be left for a few hours. This can be done at night. Morning followsBring water to a boil and boil for twenty minutes. After that, you need to cool them and leave to infuse for a few more hours. When the broth has cooled, the flowers need to be squeezed out, for this you can use a colander. We estimate the amount of the resulting liquid, return our flowers back to the pan and bring to a boil again.

Next, add sugar to the broth in an amount equal to the volume of the broth. Mix everything thoroughly and cook for a long time. Syrup should not boil violently. Don't forget to stir it. Readiness is determined by the density and reduction (about two times) of the volume of the broth. At the very end, add citric acid or lemon. While honey is cooking, you need to prepare jars or any other containers with tight-fitting lids.

Everything needs to be thoroughly washed with boiling water and sterilized. And only then pour the finished honey into jars and seal tightly. Store it preferably in a cool and dark place.

Conclusion

Well, we have prepared our elderberry honey. The benefits of it are simply enormous, you will see for yourself when the time comes to use it for its intended purpose. Try baking something with this delicious treat. Honey goes very well with ice cream if you pour dessert on top of it. Don't forget to treat your family and friends. Share with them the recipe for this unusual delicacy, believe me, they will be very grateful to you.