Blueberry Simple Syrup For Drinks
Blueberry simple syrup is a homemade syrup perfect for adding a blueberry touch to any drink.
Servings: 21 tablespoon
Calories: 39kcal
Equipment
- 1 Jar or bottle with lid
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup blueberries
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Add sugar, water, salt and blueberries into a small saucepan. Using high heat, bring it to a boil. Stir to help dissolve the sugar.
- Reduce to low heat, bringing the mixture to a simmer. Cook berries from 5 to 7 minutes, or until they burst. Don’t stir while simmering.
- Remove from the heat and strain the syrup through a fine mesh strainer.
- Wait for it to cool before storing into a bottle or jar. Keep it refrigerated. It lasts from 3 weeks to a month.
Notes
Flavor variations:
Make it sugar free: use swerve or stevia. Add only half a cup, and do it just after removing the blueberries. Stir, taste, and add more only if needed.
Make a thicker blueberry syrup: Double the amount of sugar. You can opt to leave the blueberries on the syrup or remove them. If discarding the berries, straining the syrup through a fine mesh strainer (if making it using the lavender variation, discard both lavender flowers and blueberries).
- Blueberry lavender syrup: add half tablespoon of dried lavender to the initial mixture.
- Blueberry lemon syrup: Add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice to the initial mixture.
- Blueberry vanilla syrup: Add 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract to the initial mixture.
- Blueberry cinnamon syrup: Add 1 cinnamon stick to the initial mixture.
Make it sugar free: use swerve or stevia. Add only half a cup, and do it just after removing the blueberries. Stir, taste, and add more only if needed.
Make a thicker blueberry syrup: Double the amount of sugar. You can opt to leave the blueberries on the syrup or remove them. If discarding the berries, straining the syrup through a fine mesh strainer (if making it using the lavender variation, discard both lavender flowers and blueberries).
Nutrition
Serving: 1tablespoon | Calories: 39kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 0.03g | Fat: 0.04g | Saturated Fat: 0.001g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.001g | Sodium: 15mg | Potassium: 3mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0.01mg
