How To Make Elderberry Liqueur

Pour the bottle of vodka over the elderflowers then top with the slices of lemon to keep the flowers under the vodka.

How to make elderberry liqueur. Remember the stalks and leaves of elderberry plants are toxic. To extract the medicinal qualities of elderberry use a vodka that is at least 80 proof. After a week prepare a sugar syrup by boiling the water and sugar for a few minutes. Add 2 3 cup of sugar and the juice of one lemon into the jar with the elderberries.

Place the elderberries into a quart size mason jar or other type of jar that seals well. Make a simple syrup. After boiling let the sugar syrup cool down to room temperature. Optional place a clean lid from a slightly smaller jar upside down on top of the flowers to weigh them down under the vodka.

Give the jar a shake daily for at least a week up to a month. Strain a couple times the second using an unbleached coffee filter. The stems are slightly toxic so you don t want any of them mixing in with your liqueur. Place in a cool dark spot.

Typical is 80 proof vodka but i prefer. You will want to submerge the flowers. Actually tinctures and liqueurs start out in the exact same manner. Shake the elderflowers to remove any insects and add the flowers to the vodka.

Wash the elderberries off in a strainer. Once dissolved completely let it cool down and add it to the liqueur. Whilst the syrup is cooling strain the elderberry and alcohol infusion. How to use elderflower liqueur.

100 proof is even better. I strained straight into a clean jug. Put the vodka sugar and lemon or lime zest into a large lidded jar. The elderberries can now be put aside.

Instructions snip the flowers off the stalks into a quart mason jar. Elderflower liqueur is made the same way as an elderflower tincture. Cut the elderflowers off the stem into a quart sized jar until it is almost full. Add your desired quantity of sugar into 100 ml of boiling water.