Easy Instant Pot Elderberry Syrup

Nothing seems better to have on hand in sick season than an easy elderberry syrup.

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Course Drinks

Calories 1519 kcal

Equipment

1 Instant Pot
1 Fine Mesh Strainer

Ingredients

1 cup Dried Elderberries
4 cups Filtered Water
2 inches Fresh Ginger cut into 8 pieces
3 Cinnamon Sticks
4 Cloves or 1/4 tsp Ground Cloves
1 1/3 cup Raw Organic Honey

Instructions

Place all ingredients in the Instant Pot *EXCEPT* for honey.
Place the lid on the instant pot and make sure that you flip the valve at the top to sealing (Meaning steam shouldn't be coming out the top).
On the Instant Pot select Manual or Pressure Cook and press the +/- buttons to get to 12 minutes.
When the 12 minutes are up (it will be longer than 12 minutes, bc it has to gain pressure) take a long spoon of some kind and toggle the valve to Quick Release. This is when you move the vent valve from sealing to the venting position.
When the pressure has been released (little red indicator goes all the way down) remove the lid.
Then press the CANCEL button and select the SAUTE button. Select 10 minutes for Saute (this helps ensure any toxins in the seeds have been removed). You do not need to stir while it is sautéing.
Strain the berries through a fine mesh strainer and while the berries are in the strainer push them down with the bottom of a cup to get more of the liquid out of the berries.
Discard the berry mixture and allow the liquid to cool for 15 minutes and then add the honey. You want to make sure you allow the liquid to cool some so it doesn't damage the enzymes of the honey, but not too cool or the honey doesn't come together with berry mixture.
Store in a jar in the fridge for a few weeks. My kids take about 1/2 a shot glass worth and my husband and I take a whole shot glass worth daily during sick season. During an illness you can increase the frequency to 3x a day or more.

Notes

KEYS:

Make sure to not add honey to the instant pot
Make sure to allow berry mixture to cool for 15 minutes or til its 115 so that the honey enzymes aren't damaged. There is a lot of goodness in honey we want to preserve.
Make sure to not open the Instant Pot until all the pressure has released aka the little red dot on top goes down, but you want to release the pressure yourself and not let it naturally come down. There is where moving the valve with a long spoon will keep you from getting burnt as the steam escapes the pot.

Nutrition

Serving: 40gCalories: 1519kcalCarbohydrates: 410gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gSodium: 79mgPotassium: 751mgFiber: 17gSugar: 372gVitamin A: 902IUVitamin C: 56mgCalcium: 222mgIron: 5mg

Keyword elderberry