Holunderbeersuppe mit Apfeln

Ingredients

• 14 ounces black elderberries
• fresh
• 3 ounces sugar
• 2 slices lemons
• rind of
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 18 ounces water
• 2 medium apples
• 1 lemon
• juice of
• 34 ounce cornflour (corn starch)
• 3 tablespoons cold water
• sugar
• lemon juice

Instructions

1. Wash the elderberry bunches and strip off the berries.
2. Bring to a boil in water with the sugar, 1 lemon rind and cinnamon stick.
3. Simmer until cooked.
4. Press the berries through a sieve.
5. You will need 1 1/4 (750 ml) pints of juice so add water if needed.
6. Peel, core and slice the apples.
7. Add to elderberry juice along with the juice of 1 lemon and lemon rind and bring to a boil.
8. Mix cornflour with 3 tablespoons of cold water and add to soup.
9. Add sugar and lemon juice to taste.
10. Serve hot or cold.