Elderflower Syrup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

30 elderflower heads
3 oranges
1 lemon
3 liters water
100 g citric acid (powdered)
4 kg sugar

Preparation

Cut oranges and lemon in slices (wash thoroughly before using).
Dissolve citric acid powder in the 3 litres of water.
Add cleaned elderflower heads, orange and lemon slices to water.
Let rest for 3 days.
Add 4kg of sugar and stir from time to time.
Let rest for another day.
Strain contents through a kitchen towel/mousselin and transfer to sterile glass bottles (you can save up some empty wine bottles, rinse them with boiling water and put them in the hot oven for about 1 hour at 150\u00b0C).