Homemade German Lebkuchen Syrup
This is delicious recipe for a homemade german lebkuchen syrup aka gingerbread syrup! Perfect for coffee, tea or your favorite pancakes. This syrup is also great as a homemade christmas gift for your loved ones!
Servings: 60 tbsp
Ingredients
- 8 cinnamon sticks each 4cm
- 30 whole cloves
- 1 3/4 tsp allspice ground
- 6 tbsp ginger fresh, peeled and chopped
- 1 1/2 tsp peppercorns whole
- 4 cups sugar
- 4 cups water
- 4 tbsp honey
- 2 tsp nutmeg ground
Instructions
- In a cheesecloth place the cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, ground allspice, ginger pieces and peppercorns. Tie with a string to form a bag.
- In a saucepan, heat sugar, water, honey, ground nutmeg and the spice bag and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium low, to simmer, uncovered until syrup reaches desired consistency for about 1 hour.
- Remove from heat. Fill it in bottles with a tight lid. Let the bottles cool and store the syrup in the fridge for up to 30 days.