Elderberry Soup

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 1/4 lbs elderberries (vlierbessen)
• 4 cups water
• 1/2 cinnamon stick (pijpe kaneel)
• 1/2 lemon, rind of, of (schil van 1/2 citroen)
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 pears
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1/2 cup wine
• 1/2 cup whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 remove berries from stems, wash with cold water and let drain.
• 2 bring 4 cups water to boil, add the berries and let cook over a soft fire with a lid on, for about 15 minutes.
• 3 press the berries and water through a sieve and return to the fire.
• 4 add the cinnamon stick, the lemon peel, the sugar and the salt.
• 5 peel the pears, core and cut in thin slices into the berry mixture.
• 6 let the pears cook in the soup for a few minutes.
• 7 take out the cinnamon stick and the lemon peel.
• 8 mix the cornstarch with the wine and pour into soup to thicken it.
• 9 chill the soup in the refrigerator.
• 10 serve with a dollop whipped cream on top.