Ground ivy goutweed syrup

Rolf Seiffe/FoodCentrale by ddp images

Ingredients for a bottle of 500 ml:

3 lemons
5 limes
1 piece of ginger bulb the size of a walnut
600 g sugar
30 g goutweed leaves
40 g goutweed leaves

Preparation:

1. Rinse 1 lemon hot, rub dry, thinly peel the peel. Squeeze the juice from the remaining lemons and limes. Peel ginger, cut into thin slices.

2. Add lemon peel and juice, ginger, 500 ml water and sugar and boil down for 10-15 minutes.

3. In the meantime, carefully rinse the herbs. Pour the hot broth through a sieve onto the herbs and leave to infuse overnight.

4. Boil the syrup again and pour it into carefully prepared bottles while it is still hot, close well and refrigerate. Fill bottles, close well and store in a cool place.
The syrup will keep for about 1 week. With seltzer, sparkling wine or wine as a delicious serve as a delicious herbal punch.

Preparation time approx. 30 minutes

Nutritional values for a bottle of 500 ml approx.:

Calories: 2555
joules: 10703
Protein: 1,7 g
Fat: 3,3 g
Carbohydrates: 612.2 g

(FoodCentrale by ddp images)