Enjoy this indulgent Elderflower Cordial. Made with freshly foraged white elderflowers. This drink is so refreshing served with sparkling water and ice. Tangy & sweet.
Pick 15-20 heads of fresh Elderberry flowers. Make sure that the flowers are open and not little buds still. Pick the flowers early in the morning on a warm and sunny day.
When picking the flowers, make sure you don't pick below waist level, just in case animals urinated on any of your flowers. So, reach for the very top flowers, if you can.
Lay the flowers down spread out on the table and let them sit for an hour. This allows the little bugs and critters to get off the flowers.
Shake the flowers gently, in case there are still some critters hiding in there. And remove all the flowers from the stalks. Place it in a clean bowl. Some people use a fork to get the flowers off. I prefer just cutting them off.
In a big pot, add the sugar.
Add the 2 litres of water to the sugar.
Bring the water and sugar to a boil. Make sure that all the sugar is dissolved.
Add slices of lemon and all the elderflowers to the hot sugar syrup. Cook for another ten minutes and let the flowers and lemon sit in that water for between 5 and 24 hours.
Strain the liquid through a muslin, nut-milk bag or any clean cloth.
Serve your elderflower cordial in a glass by filling it half way with the cordial and fill the rest of the glass with sparkling water and ice!
Enjoy!
Ingredients
Directions
Pick 15-20 heads of fresh Elderberry flowers. Make sure that the flowers are open and not little buds still. Pick the flowers early in the morning on a warm and sunny day.
When picking the flowers, make sure you don't pick below waist level, just in case animals urinated on any of your flowers. So, reach for the very top flowers, if you can.
Lay the flowers down spread out on the table and let them sit for an hour. This allows the little bugs and critters to get off the flowers.
Shake the flowers gently, in case there are still some critters hiding in there. And remove all the flowers from the stalks. Place it in a clean bowl. Some people use a fork to get the flowers off. I prefer just cutting them off.
In a big pot, add the sugar.
Add the 2 litres of water to the sugar.
Bring the water and sugar to a boil. Make sure that all the sugar is dissolved.
Add slices of lemon and all the elderflowers to the hot sugar syrup. Cook for another ten minutes and let the flowers and lemon sit in that water for between 5 and 24 hours.
Strain the liquid through a muslin, nut-milk bag or any clean cloth.
Serve your elderflower cordial in a glass by filling it half way with the cordial and fill the rest of the glass with sparkling water and ice!
Enjoy!
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