Homemade Blueberry Syrup with Honey Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 6 cups blueberries

  fresh or frozen
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 3/4 cup water
• 3/4 cup honey

Instructions

• 1 Add blueberries and water to a medium size sauce pan over low heat.  Once the
  contents are warm and start to bubble, gently mash the berries with a slotted
  spoon or potato masher. 
• 2 While the berries are simmering, zest your lemon.  Using a vegetable peeler and
  peel 6 ¾” strips of lemon peel, then juice the remaining lemon.
• 3 Remove the blueberry mixture from heat and let strain through a sieve into a
  heatproof bowl. 
  
  Using a large spoon to gently mash any remaining fruit skins and solids.  Throw
  out the solids.
• 4 Pour the berry juice back into the saucepan. Add your honey, lemon zest and all
  of the lemon juice except for 2 tablespoons to the blue berry juice.
• 5 Bring contents to a boil of medium heat until the mixture reaches 225 ° F on
  your candy thermometer or you see it noticeable thicken.  Stir constantly or
  lightly whisk to prevent burning (takes 8-12 minutes) .
• 6 Add the 2 tablespoons of lemon juice (that you reserved earlier) to the berry
  mixture and cook an additional minute.
• 7 Remove the mixture from heat source, throw away the zest pieces and let the
  mixture cool.
• 8 While still warm but not hot, pour your blueberry syrup with honey into clean
  jars.  Cover and refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.

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