It was Fionas Elderflower Cordial Recipe that first brought me to this site and once again my house is suffused with the aromatic smell of infusing elderflowers (think lemony cat pee and you wont be far off!!)
I adore this drink, as does my son, so I intend to make loads this year; this batch a doubled up batch of Fionas recipe.
I can heartily recommend this to all the forum!!
shelley said:
It was Fionas Elderflower Cordial Recipe that first brought me to this site and once again my house is suffused with the aromatic smell of infusing elderflowers (think lemony cat pee and you wont be far off!!)
I adore this drink, as does my son, so I intend to make loads this year; this batch a doubled up batch of Fionas recipe.
I can heartily recommend this to all the forum!!
Must admit the lemony cat pee does not endear me to the drink. I think I will take your word for it on how wonderful it is.
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It is certainly worth trying - I haven't made any for a while, but last year, daughter made plenty - served with sparkling water and slice of lemon, and slice of cucumber - so refreshing.
I used to make it too, you can also make elderflower fritters but I haven't ever managed to get around to that. I would grow some plants here but they are on the list of invasive species so I guess I had better not.
We think that the elder tree that grows at our gable end may have died. No leaves, and now it's May. That would be a shame because it was very fruitful. Fiona used to harvest both the blossoms and the berries. I think the cordial is wonderfully light and refreshing but agree with TA that commercial ones contain far too much sugar. There is one concentrate on the market, comes in a green bottle, that is potable because you can dilute it as much as you want.
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Danny, I think I have seen a couple of different elderflower cordial concentrates. I like it (very) diluted with sparkling mineral water. I have a black elder that survived the winter, but suspect that yet again I will not manage to harvest the flowers this year.
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Yes, I'd have thought elder was pretty long-lived and frost resistant. When plants give up and die, especially special ones like that, you notice the hole they leave, in the menu and in the garden.
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