Recipe: making pine syrup
Some recipes are so simple. Like this pine syrup, which you simply make from a pine tree in the woods. You use the young shoots: fresh green twigs with needles. It's best to process them fresh, but you can also freeze them to make another batch of syrup later in the year. Delicious in lemonade, as a cough remedy, or over a dessert.
Kitchenware
- large pan
- fine sieve or cheesecloth
- Clean swing-top bottle
Ingredients
- 50 g young pine shoots
- 1 l water
- 90 g white cane sugar
- 3 slices of organic lemon with peel
Instructions
- Rinse the spring onions briefly and place them in a pan. Lay the lemon slices on top.
- Add the water and bring to the boil. Simmer the mixture for about 30 minutes with the lid on the pan.
- Pour the mixture through a sieve or cheesecloth into another pan. Do not use what remains in the sieve again.
- Add the sugar to the pine water and let it dissolve over a low heat. Let the mixture simmer for around 15 more minutes.
- Pour the syrup into a clean (!) swing-top bottle. Let it cool well and store in the refrigerator. Clean glass jars and bottles thoroughly? First, pour boiling water over them (don't forget the lid) and then place the jar/bottle in a 100°C oven for ten minutes.
- The syrup will keep for about a month. For a longer shelf life, you can add a little citric acid.
Notes
Tip: you can also replace the young shoots with small, young pinecones. Also tasty: mix a dash of syrup with warm plant-based milk! Heavenly!