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Herbal Flower and Rose Syrup

May 28, 2019 by Homestead Lady 11 Comments

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Do you have a recipe that includes rose water or rose syrup and you’d like to make your own? Have you gone foraging and now have edible and herbal flower specimens like honeysuckle and clover that you’d like to use? Here is a simple recipe for an edible flower syrup that you can use in so many different ways.

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Common Edible Herbal Flowers

This recipe is made with rose petals, clover flowers and honeysuckle blossoms. However, there are any number of edible herbal flowers you can use. Here’s a quick list of common herbal flowers (petals are typically used in cooking):

  • roses
  • violets
  • clover
  • honeysuckle
  • borage
  • calendula
  • scented geranium
  • nasturtiums
  • lavender
  • phlox
  • sunflowers
  • squash
  • chive
  • dandelion
  • forsythia

For ideas on how to use these herbal flowers simply click on each one and it will open to a new page with a recipe or tutorial. 

Herbal Flower Rose Syrup Recipe

Use this combination of rose petals, honeysuckle blooms and cover flowers to make a subtle and sweet herbal flower syrup for baking or Saturday morning pancakes. 

I have a lovely coconut macaroon recipe that calls for rose syrup. The last time I made it, I added scented geranium (pelargoniums) and lemon verbena. You can use both the leaves and blooms of scented geranium in this macaroon recipe, or this herbal syrup recipe.

Here’s a quick tutorial video and the recipe is below:

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Herbal Flower Rose Syrup
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time-ish
10 mins
 
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: flower, foraged food, herbal
Serving Suggestion: 6
Author: Tessa Zundel
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup Rose petals
  • 1/2 Cup Clover blossoms
  • 1/4 Cup Honeysuckle blooms
  • 1/2-1 Cup Water
  • 1 Cup Sugar - I used erythritol Organic cane, xylitol and even raw sugar would work, though it will give the syrup a caramel color.
  • 1/2 tsp Food dye, optional
Instructions
  1. Snip or pinch green matter from the bottom of the clover, roses and honeysuckle. Use only petals of roses; remove pistils with pollen that can lend a bitter flavor to the syrup. If you want the pollen included for its health benefits, leave the pistils.

  2. Place blossoms in an heavy bottomed sauce pot and just cover with water. Gently stir the petals to weigh them down into the water. Cover pot with a lid.

  3. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Allow to the blooms to steep covered in the hot water for at least 10 minutes. This step basically creates a blossom tea.

  4. Strain the spent blossoms out and place the blossom tea back into the pot. Add the sugar.

  5. Stir frequently as you heat the burner to medium high heat, melting the sugar.

  6. Simmer well for 10 minutes and remove from heat.

  7. Add color, if desired. Stir well.

  8. Use immediately or store in an air tight container in the fridge. Use within one month. The syrup may crystallize at it sits in the fridge over time. To melt the crystals, simply reheat before use.

You can leave the syrup a pale blush color or use a natural dye to give it a darker color. This is the brand of natural, plant-based dyes we use:

Uses for Herbal Flower Syrup

Before you even process these flowers into syrup, you may want to know about all the other amazing things you can do with them. For health and wellness, as well as other culinary uses, please visit these posts:

Herbal Flower and Rose Syrup List

Here are some herbal resources and uses for flower syrup.

Rugosa Roses and Their Hips in Your Garden

Foraging: Wild Free Food

Using White Clover for Food and Medicine

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How to Eat a Wild Rose: Roses for Food and Medicine

Photo Credit: joybileefarm.com

Lemon Verbena Low Carb Macaroons

Herbal Tea Italian Sodas

Photo Credit: homespunseasonalliving.com

Opeynopes: Cold Oatmeal Cereal

Photo Credit: homesteadlady.com

Herbal syrup works as a topping for cereals and hot breakfasts.

Tropical Baked Oatmeal

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Rose Saffron Lollipops for National Lollipop Day

Photo Credit: dessertfirstgirl.com

You can also use your rose syrup in this recipe from Desserts First Girl. (I omit the corn syrup and just use my rose syrup in its place.)

Gulabi Kalakand – How to make Gulabi Kalakand using ricotta

Photo Credit: www.easycookingwithmolly.com

Rose water and syrup are both common ingredients called for in Asian and Indian dessert recipes.  The last time we celebrated Diwali (an Indian fall festival of lights), we made this recipe from  Easy Cooking With Molly. (FYI, I substituted the canned condensed milk for this homemade version. I also used full fat ricotta.)

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  1. Kelly says

    May 29, 2019 at 2:24 am

    5 stars
    Love this idea of adding it to pancakes. I can’t wait to dig in!

    Reply
    • Homestead Lady says

      May 29, 2019 at 4:32 am

      Thank you, Kelly – I hope you enjoy it!

      Reply
  2. Emily says

    May 29, 2019 at 3:57 am

    Oh we typically like to do family breakfasts on the weekend and this sounds like a perfect addition! Thanks so much for sharing.

    Reply
    • Homestead Lady says

      May 29, 2019 at 4:31 am

      Thank you for stopping by, Emily! Waffles would be perfect with this syrup – Father’s Day is coming up…

      Reply
  3. Chelsea Duffy says

    May 29, 2019 at 5:47 pm

    I love this idea! I am looking for an herbal syrup for the summer to hide my kids’ cod liver oil in. During the fall/winter, I make elderberry syrup and hide it in there, but for the summer I think I will try this one! Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
    • Homestead Lady says

      May 29, 2019 at 8:44 pm

      Mwuahaha! So glad I could help you in your nefarious cod liver oil hiding! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Chelsea!

      Reply
  4. Amanda @ Healthy House on the Block says

    May 29, 2019 at 6:47 pm

    What a great idea! I didn’t know you could do this with wild flowers. It sounds amazing! Thank you so much for sharing

    Reply
    • Homestead Lady says

      May 29, 2019 at 8:43 pm

      So glad it was helpful, Amanda! Thank you for stopping by!

      Reply
  5. Vladka says

    May 29, 2019 at 8:58 pm

    So cool! Everything with roses just works for me!

    Reply
    • Homestead Lady says

      May 31, 2019 at 8:58 pm

      Ha – me, too! We can be friends, Vladka. 🙂

      Reply

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