Recipes for throat lozenges?

thelastunicorn

Hi there! I want to make some throat lozenges and I don't know where to start. I found a recipe on the BBC for elderflower ones, but I don't want to buy gum arabic really, and would like a simpler recipe.

I've got a lot of elderberries (no flowers). Any ideas?

emiff6

Do you have any sage? This is a simple recipe -

Add a handful of fresh sage leaves to 600ml water and simmer for 15 minutes.
Strain the liquid into a fresh pan and to it add 600g sugar.
Heat gently, (don't let it boil), stirring occasionally until the sugar dissolves completely.
Stir in the juice of a lemon, 2 tablespoons honey, and 100g butter.
Bring to a fast boil and boil until the syrup reaches the hard ball stage - when a teaspoon of the syrup forms a hard ball when dropped into cold water.
Pour the syrup into a shallow, well buttered tin and allow to cool. Just before it sets mark into squares and then leave to harden completely.
Cut into squares and store in an air-tight jar.

If you have no sage, just add sugar to water and go from there -the lemon and honey and butter are good for sore throats on their own.

The same recipe but with horehound instead of sage, and no honey, is good for coughs.