Monday, September 6, 2010

Chokecherry Syrup

As a young girl I remember my mother making chokecherry syrup once the berries were ripe. We called it 'supsil'. I didn't always enjoy picking the berries but oh my I did love the syrup. My favorite way of eating this is to dip fresh zweiback in the syrup. A bit messy but so worth it! It is wonderful on pancakes too.
This syrup is a great gift idea as well!

  • 4 cups of chokecherry juice
  • 3 cups sugar
  1. Place whatever amount of chokecherries you have in a pot, cover just barely with water, bring to boil and simmer till the berries are soft.
  2. Mash berries, potato masher works well.
  3. Strain berries pressing them down to get some pulp with the juice.
  4. Whatever amount of juice you end up with, adjust sugar accordingly, 1 cup less sugar then juice is the ratio.
  5. Bring strained juice to boil, add sugar, bring back to boil and boil for 15 minutes stirring occasionally.
  6. Pour into sterilized jars or into pretty decorative bottles. Keep refrigerated.
  7. Yields: 4 1/2 cups syrup


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from the kitchen of betty r
recipe file

19 comments:

  1. I wish I'd had this recipe years ago. The neighbor children and I picked chokecherries and we all made jam. It took so much sugar and really didn't taste very good. They all took a jar home to share with their families. We had a lot of fun...with not very good results. Balisha

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  2. mmm...I love it when my mom makes supsil. My favorite way to enjoy it is on German Pancakes.

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  3. I'm serving brunch this morning.....your supsil would have been a perfect thing. It looks so pretty too. Kathy

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  4. "Supsil" haven't tasted that in many years...yummy!! Thank you for bringing back another memory of Mom.

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  5. I am sure growing up on the Prairies that we must have had this too. I seem to remember something like this but I can't recall the little berries. Tiny red berries? It looks yummers Betty.

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  6. Oh, I loved chokecherry syrup growing up, but I'm afraid it was kind of a family joke. Every year, Grandma would go out hunting for chokecherries around the family cabin, and bring them home to make jelly. And every year, she morosely handed us jars of syrup- it never once set up right :) But oh how we loved this on pancakes!

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  7. Oh what a wonderful memory! We used to pick chokecherries as children, and my Mom would make jam and syrup. Mmmmm.

    - Rebecca

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  8. You just triggered a host of memories.I LOVE supsil with fresh buns.YUMMY.
    Blessings,Ruth

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  10. Girls (Charlotte especially),

    Thanks for the answer re: apple crisp. To top it all off I found that I was out of oats. So I surveyed my pantry and found a box of ginger snaps, put them in a bag, whacked them with my rolling pin and mixed as though they were oats.

    WOW, it tasted GREAT! I love experimenting.

    Joys,

    Sharon Lovejoy Writes from Sunflower House and a Little Green Island

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  11. This seems like it would be a safe recipe to can as well?

    My mother in law always wants to go pick them, I have never eaten chokecherry anything. I am going to have to try this year.

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  12. is this the berries that smell like old man feet?? hehe...great pic gma

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  13. The farm I grew up on had a bush, but now living in the city chokecherries are a thing of the past. I MISS them. Never did syrup, but did lots of jelly. Learned how when I was 12 from an older farm couple. Started my love for canning. thanks for the memories!

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  14. Sounds almost TOO easy! Will have to look around and see if we have choke cherry areound here.

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  15. DELICIOUS!!!! I wanted to make some this year, but didn't get the chance to. Next year!!!!

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  16. We love chokecherry syrup and my dad taught me to pour it over pancakes that are first smeared with sour cream. To die for!!

    Jody

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  17. We just discovered at least 5 dozen chokecherry bushes on our property and will make good use of this link! :)

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  18. Is there a worry of cyanide leaching into the syrup from the seeds?

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    1. I have not heard of this happening. I just know that my Mom always made this syrup every summer when the chokecherries were ripe and we never had a problem. We were just happy to dip fresh buns in the syrup or cover our pancakes with it:)

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