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Can I use elderberries, that have started to ferment, in a syrup?
I picked them on sunday, it's now tuesday, we had a family emergency and I wasn't able to pick over all of them and remove all the tiny stalks as intended, nor wash them so they've sat in two buckets (one aluminium - it was only meant to be for an hour or two!) today they have bubbling juice in both buckets. Do I have to scrap them all (sob- six hours work...) can I wash them and pick out the stalks? should I just make the syrup and skim off the unwanted stuff.... Much as I'd love to I can't make elderberry wine from them as I don't have yeast nor the means to store them. It's syrup (with alcohol to make it keep) or nothing :(
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- JustMeLv 58 years agoFavorite Answer
Can them in sterilized jars with sugar and vodka to make cordial. Cook them down with sugar to reduce the juice to a thick syrup with or without alcohol and store in the fridge for a couple of weeks if you can't can them. Pour off the juice, cook them down with some sugar, pour the thick results into jars and top them with brandy, let them sit in a dark spot for at least two months for a Christmas treat...use as a topping, a cordial, or as a base for a cocktail you'd mix up with crushed ice and light juice. Treat them like you would cherries.