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Acacia blossom syrup with lemon

Name: Acacia blossom syrup with lemon
Yield: Approximately 750 ml
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 1/2 l Acacia flowers (black locust blossoms; flowers only); 1/2 l Water; 1/2 l Granulated sugar; 1/2 Lemon (cut into 4 pieces)

Acacia flowers steep for 24 hours in a boiled sugar syrup with lemon, then are strained and bottled. Makes approximately 750 ml.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Servings: Approximately 750 ml
Difficulty: Medium

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Acacia syrup is made by pouring a boiled sugar solution with lemon over fresh acacia flowers (black locust blossoms) and letting them steep. For half a liter of flowers, use half a liter of water, the same volume of sugar, and half a lemon. After 24 hours, strain the syrup and pour it into bottles. For a prettier color, simply let the flowers stand in water without boiling. You can use the same method to make elderflower, lilac, or lavender syrup.

Ingredients

Acacia flowers (black locust blossoms; flowers only) 1/2 l
Water 1/2 l
Granulated sugar 1/2 l
Lemon (cut into 4 pieces) 1/2

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Instructions

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Bring the water and sugar to a boil and boil for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat, pour in the lemon juice, and add the lemon peel as well. Add the acacia flowers, stripped from their stems, and let stand for 24 hours. Strain the syrup and pour it into bottles.
Tip: For a syrup with a color as pretty as the one pictured, do not boil the mixture; simply let it stand in water.
Tip: Add a few drops of lemon juice to your glass to enhance the syrup's flavor.

Tip: Gather the flowers in dry weather, far from roads, and do not wash them—just shake them to remove any insects. Washing would rinse away some of their fragrance.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per 100 g, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 184 kcal
Protein: 0.1 g
Carbohydrates: 48 g
of which sugars: 47 g
Fat: 0.0 g
of which saturates: 0.0 g
Fiber: 0.2 g
Salt: 0.0 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Agátový sirup s citrónom – postup aj na bazový či orgovánový