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Syrup · From Bladwijzer

Nanking cherry syrup

Updated on 9 October 2026

• Makes: ± 750 ml
• Time: 40 min
• From: Nanking cherry

Ingredients

• 1 kg Nanking cherries
• 300 ml water
• 500 g sugar
• juice of ½ lemon

Method

1. Rinse the cherries and simmer them, stones and all, in the water for 10 minutes until they burst. Mash gently without cracking the stones.
2. Let the juice drip through a cloth.
3. Bring the juice to the boil with the sugar and lemon juice and boil for 3 minutes; skim off the froth.
4. Pour, boiling hot, into clean, hot bottles and seal.

Storing: Unopened, six months in a cool, dark place; once opened, a month in the fridge. Dilute 1 to 5.