Is red elderberry edible?

Remove the cores before processing

True, the unripe berries are both black and white Red elderberry poisonousHowever, there is one big difference: The toxic ingredients in the black ones Elderberries dissolve completely when cooked, but not with the red ones. The kernels still contain toxins while the pulp is edible. Because of this, you need the kernels from the red elder remove what is best done by juicing. There are two ways to do this:

• Juicing through a (steam) juicer
• Juicing like in great-grandmother's time

How to juice red elderberry without a juicer

If you don't have a juicer, you can get the coveted red elder juice in the following ways:

• Pour about a hand's breadth of water into a large saucepan.
• This is where the selected (only use ripe fruits!) And washed berries go.
• You can also add a little sugar, but this is not necessary.
• Cook the berries until they burst.
• You can also help with a fork.
• Hang a fine cloth or sieve over a bowl or something similar. ä.
• and let the elderberry juice drip in there overnight.
• The poisonous seeds remain in the cloth.

Mix the red elderberry with other fruit

However, the taste of red elder is not for everyone. Berries and juice - and the jellies made from them - taste very tart, similar to cranberries. However, you can soften the aroma by adding equal parts of red currant, raspberry or apple juice to make jelly. Red elderberry jelly tastes very good on bread, but also with meat and cheese dishes.

Basic recipe for red elderberry jelly

To make red elderberry jelly you will need:

1 liter of juice (either pure or mixed with other juices)
1 kilogram of sugar
the juice of two lemons

Mixing in lemon juice makes sense as this improves the gelling ability. Elderberries are generally very difficult to gel. Boil the juice and sugar until the sugar has dissolved and the hot juice gels on the spoon. Now fill the still hot jelly into jars with screw-on lids, close them tightly and turn them upside down.