Acacia flower syrup

Name: Acacia flower syrup
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 liter water; 4 large handful of acacia flowers, you can easily pick them yourself. Depending on where you live, you can pick the flowers in May/June.; 400 gram sugar; half a lemon

During spring you'll see those beautiful white flowers everywhere and they smell AMAZING. Try this acacia flower syrup, cause they also taste amazing!

1 hour 40 minutes

6 persons

Desserts

Beverages

Recipe acacia flower syrup

Ingredients

6 persons

1 liter water4 large handful of acacia flowers, you can easily pick them yourself. Depending on where you live, you can pick the flowers in May/June.400 gram sugarhalf a lemon

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large panfine sieveclean kitchen towelairtight jars or bottles, make sure they're sterile. You can easily cook them in boiling water for a few minutes to make sure they're sterile.

Made by Véronique

Published at 2019-05-18, this recipe is for 6 persons and takes 1 hour 40 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2024-08-03

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Preparation time

40 minutes

Time cooking

1 hour

Total time

1 hour 40 minutes

Preparation – 40 minutes

Remove the stems from the flowers and add the flowers to a large pan. You can rinse the flowers first, this is not necessary. This depends on where you picked the flowers.

Chop the lemon into large chunks and add them to the pan along with 1 liter water. Bring to a boil and let it simmer on low heat for half an hour.

Finishing the acacia flower syrup – 1 hour + waiting time

Turn the heat off and let it rest for about 2 hours, this way the water will be even more flavourful. Sieve the water to get rid of the flowers, to be absolutely sure the water is clear you can use a clean kitchen towel.

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Add 400 gram sugar to the tasty water and bring to a boil again. Let it reduce to about half, or until you've reached the desired thickness. Divide the syrup over the jars or bottles while it's still warm.

You can store the syrup for a very long time. You can use the syrup for cakes, pies and other baking. Or pour the syrup over pancakes, yogurt or even in you tea or a cold glass of water with some ice cubes.