Elderberry Cordial

Submitted by mollypaul

"An old-fashioned recipe from the Wisconsin Dutch section of the US Regional Cookbook, Chicago Culinary Arts Institute, 1947."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 6 quarts
• Serves: 96

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

directions

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.