Homemade syrup, an easy recipe to make with children

You avoid dyes and additives and prefer natural whenever possible… So do we! The proof is in the form of a few easy-to-prepare summer syrups that will delight young and old alike.

Make your own syrups is easier than you think and allows you to preserve the herbs and flowers in your garden.

Easy Homemade Syrup Recipes

The syrupit is a mixture of water and sugar in which an ingredient is infused to flavor it. It is possible to make syrups with many plants, herbs, flowers and fruits: here are some recipes for original homemade syrups.

Homemade mint syrup

The homemade mint syrup is among the simplest to make. Alone, in the multi-mint version or mixed, for example with lemon balm and verbena, it is the undisputed star of the summer.

How to prepare your mint syrup in no time… but still let it sit overnight? Find the recipe for homemade mint syrup in a previous article.

Provided you add very cold water, Nothing like mint to refresh yourself while having funeven during a heatwave. Ice cubes at will, sparkling water if you like it and why not the juice of a lime, here is something to ensure maximum freshness while varying the pleasures!

Read also: How to preserve mint and other aromatic herbs with their flavors?

An unexpected marjoram syrup

On the same model, it is easy to improvise with your favorite herbs. Thus, the marjoram allows you to prepare a syrup with a subtle tasteslightly spicy, which refined palates will appreciate:

Marjoram in an unexpected syrup © Nataliya Nazarova

• Small difference with the mint syrup recipe: add an organic lemon cut into small pieces.

• Bring to the boil, simmer for about ten minutes, remove from the stove.

• Forget your syrup from a few hours to all night…

• The next day, filter and bottle.

White or brown sugar? More lemon or marjoram? It’s up to you!

The flavor of lemon balm in syrup

The lemon balmwith its lemony and fresh flavor, lends itself better to another method of preparation. Just as simple, just a little different:

Fresh lemon balm in an unexpected syrup © Vaclav Mach

• Let it infuse covered for about ten minutes, filter to remove the leaves.

• Add 600g of sugar while the infusion is still warm, mix well and bottle. You have your lemon balm syrup.

The delicacy of homemade syrups made from flowers

It’s time to pick summer flowers: among the many ways to preserve their subtle scents, you can make delicious syrups.

A 100% natural lavender syrup

In addition to its many other qualities, lavender can also be used to make a syrup with a very special charm.

A beautiful color for this unusual syrup © Matt Ledwinka

• Pour 6 dl of water and 600 g of sugar into a saucepan.

• Mix well, add the lavender.

• Bring to the boil, stirring constantly, then simmer for about ten minutes and remove from the heat.

• Let stand for 12 to 24 hours, filter… and that’s it!

You will love this syrup to quench your thirst in hot weather, with a slice of lemon, mineral water and ice cubes, but you will also appreciate it to flavor a fruit salad, a simple natural yogurt or to top vanilla ice cream.

And once the cool autumn nights return, pour a little lavender syrup in a cup, top up with hot water. When the weather gets really chilly, add a sprig of thyme too. A delight!

Rose syrup with a magical color

As for the rose syrupas is often the case, there are several ways to proceed. Here is my favorite recipe to preserve the magnificent color.

• Place in a saucepan 400 g of sugar, 4 dl of water, 4 handfuls of untreated rose petals and the juice of an organic lemon. Stir very gently.

The delicacy of rose in a refreshing drink © Rimma Bondarenko

• Bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat.

• Let stand for 12 to 24 hours.

• Then bring to the boil again, filter quickly and put into small bottles.

If you do not have or no longer have untreated roses in the garden, dried rosebuds for medicinal use (in herbalists or drugstores) are also suitable for this preparation: two to three handfuls are then sufficient.

To really enjoy the aroma of rosedon’t hesitate to dose generously. For once, too bad for the sugar!

Excellent in syrup, with sparkling water, or in a smoothie for children, but also to decorate and flavor creams, ice creams or even fresh goat cheese. Not to mention that you can make ice cubes that will delight the simplest glass of water !

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