DAISY SYRUP

April 23, 2014

Daisy? Yes you can really eat daises. My mother used to pimp our salads with daisy and dandelion flower heads. The syrup makes for a bit of an odd drink – you really have to like it! But pure it makes for a great cough sirup.

DAISY SYRUP

• 1 handful daisies
• 250ml water
• 150g sugar 

_ wash daisies

_ cover with water

_ let sit for 10hours

[doesn’t look, smell or taste like much? – no worries]

_ drain daisies

_ heat liquid

_ add sugar [using rock sugar gives it a nice special taste]

_ cook on low heat for 20min

_ fill into bottles while still hot!

Tags: daisy, syrup