We have 10 fully grown bushes, and wanted to make as much elderberry syrup as possible, with it still being potent and effective enough. We currently have almost 100 lbs of fresh berries,removed from the bushes and de-stemmed (lots of tedious work 😩), in our deep freezer. Maybe another 10-15 pounds on the bushes, still ripening.
My girlfriend is an herbalist, and has experience making syrup, but not on this scale! Lol.... She has come up with a great tasting recipe using two pounds of berries to make one quart of syrup. She adds one cup of water after cooking the berries in a pressure cooker and straining. Along with lemon juice, honey, glyceride, ect....
Does this sound like a correct ratio? Just wanted to make sure we aren't short changing our yield. Could one pound or a pound and a half make a quality quart of syrup and still be an effective immune booster? We don't want the syrup to be "weak", but we also want to make sure we make as much profit as possible from selling the syrup (she already has buyers lined up and waiting).
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help 👍
