I made my first ever batch of elderflower cordial last week, and although it tastes very nice I am surprised how 'thin' it is. Still with quite a small amount of sugar I don't suppose I was going to get a thick syrup to dilute, like the commercial kinds. Also, reading the label of BottleGreen, the one we usually buy, I see they use citric acid rather than lemons. I've got quite a nice lemonade recipe which uses both citric acid and lemons so I might try some elderflowers in that.
I made a litre of cordial, half of it's gone already!
The resulting cordial is a very pale straw colour, the elderflowers discoloured as soon as they hit the hot liquid, is this usual, or was it because I had frozen the flower heads?
The season for the flowers seems to be over here, walking in woods today I noticed that all the blossoms are drying up.
2 comments:
I love elderflowers. My husband made some elderflower champagne last week, I put his recipe on my blog if you fancy giving it a go www.angeleden.blogspot.com
Abi :)
I had already seen your post, am always so impressed with the beautiful photos and concise instrucions on your blog!!!
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