Elderberry juice

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8 liters should be enough to see me through the winter storms, served hot with a twist of lemon, honey and fresh ginger! Thanks to this wonderful contraption that my mother gifted me a few years ago. Instead of boiling and straining, you steam the berries. Just add water in the bottom container, 3 kg of berries + 1 kg of sugar in the top, and the juice collects in the middle.

Next week I’ll be back on my usual subject matters, I promise. Spinning wheel is going to get dusted for instance.

danishLidt hyldebærkoncentrat takket være den dejlige “saft-Maja” jeg har fået af min mor. Så kan jeg klare vinteren med varme drikke tilsat citron, honning og frisk ingefær, nams!

Næste uge lover jeg at holde mig mere til de sædvanlige emner. 😉 Lidt spinderi bliver det nok til!

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14 thoughts on “Elderberry juice

    1. Drikker du bare saften med de nævnte tilsætninger? Altså en slags punch eller ? Jeg laver bare hyldebærsuppe med æbler og melboller. Den der lyder da interessant og godt til en kølig vinteraften under et tæppe foran pejsen 😉

      1. Saften bliver ret koncentreret på denne måde, så jeg laver lidt ingefærthe (bare småkoge et par nyskårne stumper) og hælder måske en kvart kop op, godt med presset citron, halvt op med hyldbær og så kogende vand efter smag og en god slat honning. Det bliver krydret og kraftigt og genialt hvad enten man er forkølet eller ej. Til hele familien kan man sikkert ligeså nemt varme det hele i en gryde.

  1. amazing! are those wild harvested?
    i used to work at a health food store that sold elderberry syrup, that’s the only sort i’ve ever tried. the drink you describe sounds delicious.

    1. Well, they grow in my garden, but they self sow, so you could say they are wild. They grow everywhere. And yes, it’s a wonderful winter drink.

  2. ! What is this contraption? You are lucky that you get some berries. The birds ate every single berry off my elderberry bushes before I could even blink. But it’s hard to be mad at birds, so… lol.

    1. It’s an amazing contraption. I can take pix of each part if you like? The bottom is just a regular steel pot which is filled with water. The next pot fits on top, this is where the steam comes in through the bottom in a hole and the juice gathers. The top part is a steel pot with a sieve in the bottom where you put the berries. You can use any fruit, really. Just 3 kg of berries (I use most of the black currants for this too) and 1 kg sugar, set to boil and leave about an hour on full heat. Keep your bottles ready and loosen the clamp on the little hose to get the juice out from the middle container.

    2. The berries themselves are just a dried pulp afterwards. I use this method as an excuse to not clean out all leaves and twigs, but if you did, I bet you could use the pulp in pie filling, bake it in a bread or something or other.

  3. I’ve never had elderberry juice, plenty of elderflower drinks, but not the berrie. I suddenly feel the loss, seeing your post. That’s quite a contraption too!

  4. I like the wonderfoll elderberry taste, too. This year I got few elderberries and made jam, the fruit stalks and marc I used für dyeing. In spring I got flowers for tee, Wonderfoll elderberries…I love them.

    Wish you fine winter evennings with elderberry juice,

    Anne

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