When the Dandelions are prolific it is time to make some syrup. You can tell how much my husband loves the syrup when he asks if it's time to pick the flowers. ♥
I also needed to use two more bags of frozen Raspberries from last season. Since it would rain all day, it seemed like the perfect time to do some canning.
I rinsed the flower buds and boiled a pan of water. I placed the flowers in the jar and covered them slowly with hot water. I let them steep all day the day before and then drained them. I kept it in the refrigerator until the next day when I made the syrup.
You can see that the flowers made a great tea to make the syrup with.
Dandelion Syrup Recipe
2 cups dandelion buds
dandelion tea (steeped for up to 24 hours)
1 ½ cups sugar
1Tbsp. bottled lemon juice
Pour your dandelion tea through cheesecloth or two layers of paper towels. This removes any debris and the dark green foam from the tea.
Stir the sugar and lemon juice into the tea and bring it to a boil over medium heat. Simmer uncovered until a thin syrup forms, about 45 minutes.
Let it cool until the syrup thickens slightly and store in the refrigerator for up to a month.
I decided to water-bath can my syrup since I was also doing the raspberries at the same time.
I am loving the beautiful amber color of the syrup. If you have never had any it tastes just like honey.
Raspberry Syrup Recipe
3 lbs raspberries
2 cups water
2 3/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
2 Tbsp. bottled lemon juice
Simmer the berries over medium-low heat cooking uncovered for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally and do not let them boil.
Remove from the heat and line a fine mesh strainer with cheesecloth. Place the strainer on a bowl and pour the berries onto the cheesecloth. Let them drain slowly for at least 2 hours to get as much liquid as possible. You should get about 4 cups of juice. (Do not squeeze the pulp to release more juice, just discard it).
Combine the drained juice, sugar, corn syrup, and lemon juice in a large kettle. Bring the mixture to a full rolling boil over medium-high heat. Boil for one minute.
Ladle the hot syrup into hot jars leaving 1/2" headspace. Wipe the jar rims well, place on the lids, and finger-tighten the rings. Water-bath can the pint jars for 10 minutes. Remove from the canner and let cool for 24 hours before moving them.
I already know this syrup's delicious and love using it on top of vanilla ice cream and homemade waffles for breakfast. It can also be used for creating certain cocktails but I have yet to do so.
This will be a nice addition to the pantry shelves to enjoy whenever the mood strikes.
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Of course, there was enough left over to put a jar into the refrigerator. My husband is now using a little in his coffee every morning. I may have to have him continue picking dandelions if he uses the syrup every day. What do you think?
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Oh! I love to try these! Wonderful flower syrups. You have strange recipes, but nice!
You are really productive! Because I made wine on dandelions, which tasted very good. Here in Sweden, they don't make that much syrup. There won't be much jamming and juicing for me this summer. I have been in a bike accident on Saturday, broken collarbone....
Oh no! I am so sorry to hear that you injured yourself so badly. I imagine dandelion wine would be tasty. I love dandelion tea so wine would be fantastic. Heal quickly my friend. ♥
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Hello @sunscape, what you do is incredible, how much knowledge do you have
Hi Abigail, I do my best to always be learning something new.
Hello @sunscape , how excellent your dandelion and raspberry syrup turned out. It is not so difficult to make, the hardest thing for me would be to get the dandelion flowers, because in the area where I am in Venezuela there are no dandelion flowers.
Maybe you can do it with raspberries, it is more accessible.
Thank you for sharing this recipe.
I noticed that the dandelion syrup is used to sweeten coffee. Interesting
I would imagine that you have many edible flowers in Venezuela that you could use instead of dandelions. You should experiment and see what the results might be. Thank you for stopping by to comment @castm2
Hello, @ewkaw it is always a pleasure to have you support my blogs. ♥
I find the recipes for the dandelion and raspberry very interesting. I never knew that flowers could produce such exotic syrups honestly, and their colours are really so beautiful.
I imagine any edible flower would work using a similar formula. I may try using Lilac flowers this week. They are in bloom and I think they would be delightful too. ♥
You are really amazing. I never thought we could make our own syrup. Thanks to your recipe. Excellent outcome. 🫶
Thank you very much, I may try using a variety edible flowers to make syrup in the future. Have a great day. ♥
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I can only imagine how your syrups smell and taste! It sounds like your hubby needs to keep picking the flowers if he doesn't want to run out of syrup next month, hehe. Thank you for sharing how you do them.