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Lilac Simple Syrup

Lilac Simple Syrup

Use your fresh lilacs to make this delicious simple syrup to use in a wide variety of drinks or dishes

Recipe by Eradicator

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Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 1 cup syrup for use

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Ingredients

1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 cup lilac flower buds

Directions

1Heat 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar until sugar is disolved.
2Add 1 cup of lilac flowers and allow to simmer on low heat for 10 minutes. If desired, add a few blueberries for color or use food coloring.
3Drain syrup into a sealable glass jar - through a filter in order to remove the flowers. Let it cool, and then put in the fridge.
4Add syrup to tea, cocktails, or use as a syrup.

Categories: Beverages & Drinks, Hot Drinks

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TBSPAna said:

Hi, @Anonymous! You should be able to store the syrup in the refrigerator for up to one month in a sealing glass or container with a tight lid. If you want to keep it for longer, you can store it in the freezer for as long as one year in a locking freezer container with a screw-tight or snapping lid.

5/17/2013 11:07:28 AM

Anonymous said:

does anybody know if this can be frozen, or for how long it stores in the fridge?

5/16/2013 1:39:12 PM

Anonymous said:

I believe you could also do this with rose buds. I makes a refreshing drink as well.The lilac is delicious.

10/1/2012 11:50:45 AM

Anonymous said:

What else can you make with the rel flowers?

5/17/2012 5:29:36 PM

Anonymous said:

you might want to add that you need to rinse the buds first. LOL

3/28/2012 5:51:51 PM

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2/26/2012 7:12:47 PM

Anonymous said:

As Kids we brothers and I use to pick the buds and suck the middles out the bottoms. It was sweet and delious!

1/1/2012 5:21:02 PM

Anonymous said:

I've made Lavender syrup for years (Lavender Lemonade is the ideal hot weather beverage!) I'll definitely try Lilac :)

12/28/2011 12:20:51 PM

Anonymous said:

this is a fantastic idea!!! i will be trying this next spring when my lilacs bloom!

12/2/2011 7:46:24 PM

Anonymous said:

Dear anon-- why would it taste like soap? If you're refering to the fact that it's accented by violets, a common scent in hand soaps, there's no need to worry. The flavor of a violet is typically delicate and flowery, if that's a word. The scent used in hand soaps is artificial, and there's no reason your syrup should taste soapy unless you add soap to the pot!

11/28/2011 1:01:22 PM

Anonymous said:

Wouldn't this taste like soap???

11/26/2011 6:13:55 PM

Anonymous said:

it's best if you grow them yourself, so you know what was used on them--i.e., no pesticides, etc., that would make the flowers inedible.

10/19/2011 12:04:19 PM

JennyBee said:

Thank you so much! I grew up with lilacs and have 2, so far, at my home in the LILAC CITY. :) always lovedtheir intoxicating scent! I never knew one could make foods with them. SO excited for next MAY! we will harvest them! is there any preference to how far the blooms are out before harvesting? maybe now i will figure out my own natural perfume!

10/14/2011 10:37:51 PM

Anonymous said:

Yes you do have to grown them. They are lilac bushes and only bloom in the spring for about a month! I have 5 in my yard and never knew you could make an edible syrup from them! They are my all time favorite flower! They are beautful and smell heavenly!

10/6/2011 7:58:24 PM

Anonymous said:

Seeker, I think you have to grow them yourself. I live in Florida where lilacs do not grow, but I saw lots of them during my Connecticut childhood. Never knew you could eat them!

8/13/2011 1:44:36 PM