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Homemade Wild Violet Syrup

How To Make Wild Violet Syrup

Posted on April 30, 2019March 29, 2020 by Rosevine Cottage Girls
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Our wild violets have bloomed in all of their purple-blue glory, which means it’s time to make wild violet syrup! I love watching them wash over the orchard, it’s so beautiful. We’ve spent hours picking them lately for syrup, bread and to be dried into tea. We wanted to share one of our favorite violet recipes in case you have a bunch that you don’t know what to do with.
 
 
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Make sure you know what wild violets look like and don’t confuse them with African violets, the ones that are safe to eat have heart-shaped jagged leaves and purple flowers although they can come in many shades and even white. They grow in zones 3-9 in shady places. Wild Violets are full of vitamin A & C (they contain more vitamin C by weight than oranges) and other vitamins and minerals.
 

Wild violets can be made into jelly, syrup, tea, violet vinegar, candied flowers, you can even freeze them in ice cubes to jazz up your drink.

 

What you will need:

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1 What you will need:
2 Wild Violet Syrup:
3 How To Make Wild Violet Syrup:
3.1 Step 1: Preparing Wild Violets
3.2 Step 2: Steeping Wild Violets
3.3 Step 3:
3.4 Step 4: Strain Jar Contents
3.5 Step 5: Getting The Purple Color
3.6 Step 6: Making Wild Violet Syrup
4 Wild Violet Syrup
4.1 Before you go, check these out!
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Quart canning jar
Measuring cup
Lids
Fine strainer
Small Pan
Wisk
Lemon Juice
Wild Violets

 

Wild Violet Syrup:

1 cup of wild violets
2 cups of boiling water
1 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice

 

How To Make Wild Violet Syrup:

 

Step 1: Preparing Wild Violets

Pick the violets, remove stems, leaves and as much of the greens as you can. Wash them gently and let them dry.

 

 

Step 2: Steeping Wild Violets 

Fill canning jar with 1 cup of flowers, meanwhile, boil water. Pour water over flowers, you will begin to see the color bleed into the water.

 

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Step 3:

Cover the jars and allow them to steep for 24 hours out of direct sunlight. 

 
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Step 4: Strain Jar Contents

Strain the contents through a fine strainer, into a bowl or large measuring cup. You can discard flowers, you can throw them away or simply compost them as we do.

 

Step 5: Getting The Purple Color

Add lemon juice to the strained liquid, a drop or to at a time until the blue turns to purple.

 

Step 6: Making Wild Violet Syrup

Place liquid in a pan and add sugar, bring to a boil, whisk until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and pour into a clean sterilized jar with a lid. Store in refrigerator.

 

Watch the video we made of the whole process:

 

 
 

Wild Violet Syrup

  • 1 cup of wild violets
  • 2 cups of boiling water
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  1. Pick the violets, remove stems, leaves and as much of the greens as you can. Wash them gently and let them dry.
  2. Fill canning jar with 1 cup of flowers, meanwhile, boil water. Pour water over flowers, you will begin to see the color bleed into the water.
  3. Cover the jars and allow to steep for 24 hours.
  4. Strain the contents through a fine strainer, into a bowl or large measuring cup. You can discard flowers, you can throw them away or simply compost them like we do.
  5. Add lemon juice to the strained liquid, a drop or to at a time.
  6. Place liquid in a pan and add sugar, bring to a boil, whisk until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and pour into a clean sterilized jar with a lid. Store in refrigerator.

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1 thought on “How To Make Wild Violet Syrup”

  1. Sarah says:
    May 24, 2019 at 11:10 am

    This looks like a nice easy way to make some delicious syrup. As far as I know, wild violets don’t grow where I live, but I would love to give this a try someday. Perhaps I could make something similar with other edible flowers.

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