Make rosehip syrup or gummies - PEP BB medicine.sand.syrup.rosehip

Hey skip team! This week I heard about rosehip benefits for eyesight. Well, then I had to make something with them, of course!

I boiled them down and strained them like I do currants and bush cherries. Im surprised they have such a sweet flavor. Even before adding sugar! Besides their medicinal use, we may just use it on pancakes!

Recipe:
2 c. Dried rose hips
Boiled in a quart of water,
Zipped in a blender to loosen the pods up.
Strained in a homeade jelly bag.
Returned to a pot with a cup of sugar.
Boiled down til desired thickness

Here is my submission for the Natural Medicine Aspect - Sand for Straw - Make a Rosehip Syrup BB.

I harvested and dried rosehips this fall and used them to make rosehip syrup.  I reviewed instructions and recipes from  River Cottage and Jeremy Taylor.  As I've recently started exploring a ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting I decided to reduce the sugar slightly and use both raw sugar and Erythritol so I've included the ingredients and BRIEF instructions below.

Recipe:
 - 44 g (1.55 oz) Dried Rose Hips
 - 600 mL Water
 - 175 g Raw Sugar
 - 140 g Erythritol

 - combine rosehips and water
 - boil for 30 minutes
 - strain
 - return to heat and add sugars
 - once dissolved, boil for 3 min
 - transfer to storage container
 - allow to cool and label

To document the completion of the BB, I have provided the following:
 - Harvested plant material (Harvest, Dry, and Store Rosehips BB for reference)
 - Making the syrup and or gummies with a description or link to the recipe you used
 - Finished syrup or gummies in a labeled container



Harvesting Rosehips this fall


Adding water to ground rosehip


Straining (first pass) rosehips after cooking/boiling


Adding Sugar


Finished Rosehip syrup in a labeled container

I tried to make a syrup with sugar last year, but my rosehips weren't big or juicy enough. So with our freshly harvested honey, I am going to try again with a different method. Like the vinegar infusion I made, I was pretty sure heat would kill some of the good stuff in the honey so I did the infusion like I do my oils. I sort of followed this recipe, but I didn't have rose petals, only hips.
https://hormonesbalance.com/recipes/rose-infused-honey/
So I did a folk style measurement with the wild rosehips. After I had crushed them with my mortar and pestle, I put them in a jar and lightly covered them with honey.

Rosehips are packed full of Vitamin C, and with the cold weather coming it will be helpful to keep the sore throats at bay. I think I would be lovely on pancakes too!

It was a cold-infusion. I just couldn't come up with the word at the time I left it for a little over two weeks. The color had not changed much, but it had a floral, apple-like taste and smell. I think, since by wild rosehips are so small, they could have been more potent if left longer. Larger rosehips might do better with less time.

Ash Jackson wrote:
For this BB, you will create rosehip syrup or gummies using plant material you harvested.

Minimum requirements:
  - Create syrup and/or gummies
  - Use rosehips

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (< 2 minutes):
 - Harvested plant material (either being harvested or just harvested)
 - Making the syrup and or gummies with a description or link to the recipe you used
 - Finished syrup or gummies in a labeled container

Clarifications:
 - Honey infusions do not qualify for this BB

I made a rose hip decoction. I used 1 cup decoction and 1/2c cane sugar and simmered until reduced to 1/2c syrup.