With it being raspberry season I am thrilled with all the fresh berries I get. I love to make flavored pancake syrups to add variety to our breakfasts and one of my favorites is berry syrup. I will usually make strawberry, raspberry, blackberry and blueberry. I also like to make a triple berry by combining raspberries, blackberries and blueberries together.
Berry Syrup
In a small saucepan place 1½ cups of
fresh or frozen berries. Add ½ cup
water. Simmer over medium low heat for
about ten minutes. Mash berries to
render out all their juice. Strain into
a bowl to remove seeds and flesh.
Measure 1 cup of berry juice. Add water if you need to equal one cup. Return to saucepan with 2 cups of sugar. Bring to a boil for one minute. Skim off any foam and pour into a clean and
sterile glass pint jar or Snapple Bottle.
Add a lid and allow to cool.
Serve over pancakes, waffles or French
toast. Makes 1 pint of syrup.
This is
a great way to use up any berries you have leftover in the freezer from last
year too. Make several bottles of syrup
to give as gifts if you like. Add a cute
label and a little ribbon to dress it up.
Thanx :)
ReplyDeleteI have been saving my Snapple bottles since I read an earlier post about you using them for homemade syrup. I have to hide them from my husband because he thinks they are trash and will throw them away if I'm not looking. I was wondering, have you ever tried putting hot tea in them and let them seal? I usually boil my tea bags for iced tea. I was thinking that maybe if I added more water to my pan to begin with that I could just fill the bottles up and maybe they would seal. I may try that this weekend. I really enjoy your blog.
ReplyDeletePaula in Kansas