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Elderberry Fire Cider

Author: Kami McBride

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup fresh elderberry or 1/4 cup dry
  • 3 tbsp fresh grated ginger
  • 2 tbsp fresh grated horseradish
  • 1 yellow onion, finely chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1/8 tsp powdered cayenne
  • 4 cups apple cider vinegar
  • Honey to sweeten

Instructions

  • Combine herbs in a quart jar. 
  • Pour the vinegar, making sure it covers the ingredients by at least a couple of inches.
  • Cap with a plastic lid to prevent the corrosion that occurs when vinegar touches metal. 
  • Let sit in a cold, dark place for one month, shaking occasionally and adding more vinegar if the fruit or herbs are sticking out above the vinegar.
  • Decant by pouring through muslin and a funnel, into a sterilized jar. Don’t squeeze the muslin, which adds water, or your fire cider will be cloudy with a shorter shelf life.
  • Add up to 2 cups honey to sweeten.