elderflower syrup - sirup od zove

it’s May and it's time for elderflower syrup,   

on the internet there are many different recipes and recommendations on how to make the perfect syrup,

this below is a recipe I got from my neighbor many years ago,

I changed a little according to the taste of my children,

and I used to make it every year.

we need:

5 liters of water

40 - 50 large flowers  (if they are small  increase amount or if it was a lot of rain and washed the pollen)  

10 g  citric acid, a lemon substitution

1 pouch of 5 g  preservative

3 kg of sugar

Preparation:

1.take out green leaves, little dry flowers and bugs from flowers,

2.immerse them in water (ordinary tap water or use bottled if you wish),

3.store in a cold place to rest for at least 24 h,

4.strain through cheesecloth, wring well the flowers,

5.add sugar,

6.citric acid,

7.in a little warm syrup dissolve the preservative,add the ground

8.when the sugar has dissolved pour into glass bottles,

9.close with wet cellophane over which you twisted the lid.

stigao je maj i vreme je za zovu,

na internetu ima mnogo različitih recepata i preporuka kako da se napravi savršen sirup od zove,

ovaj dole navedeni je recept koji sam ja dobila od moje komšinice pre puno godina,

malo ga izmenila prema ukusu moje dece i

sada ga tako pravim svake godine.

potrebno je:

5 l vode 

40 - 50 velikih cvetova zove (ako su mali povećajte količinu ili ako je palo puno kiše i spralo polen)       

10 dkg limuntusa

1 konzervans od 5 gr

3 kg šećera

priprema:
1.poskidajte zelene listiće, suve cvetiće i bube sa cvetova 

2.potopite ih u vodu (običnu sa česme, ili ako koristite flaširanu)

3.spremite na hladno mesto da odstoji minimum 24 h

4.procedite kroz gazu, dobro iscedite cvetove 

5.dodajte šećer,

6.limuntus

7.zagrejte malo sirupa i u njemu rastvorite konzervans, dodajte u masu 

8.kad se šećer otopio sipajte u staklene flaše

9.zatvorite mokrim celofanom preko koga ste zavrnuli poklopac