Alaskan Spruce Tip Syrup

Alaskan Spruce Tip Syrup is a modern American recipe (from Alaska) for a classic sugar syrup flavoured with spruce tips that makes and excellent breakfast syrup. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic American version of: Alaskan Spruce Tip Syrup.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

10 minutes

Total Time:

30 minutes

Additional Time:

(+cooling)

Makes:

2 jars

Rating:

Tags : Wild Food Sauce Recipes British Recipes

Ingredients:

400g sugar
500ml water
200g young spruce tips, roughly chopped

Method:

Combine all the ingredients in a heavy-based pan. Gently bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook gently for 5 minutes. Take off the heat and set aside to cool completely.

Once cold, strain the syrup and pour into a sterilized jar. Refrigerate until needed.

This makes an excellent breakfast syrup and is ideal for waffles and pancakes but also works well with ice cream.