Elderflower foraging - homemade cordial
For any of you that follow me over on Instagram, you'll know that I have been eagerly anticipating elderflower season!
I really enjoy elderflower cordial, but it can be quite pricey, and since there are bushes in abundance around where I live, I started to make my own. It's soooo easy and also a great activity to get the kids involved in.
There are a number of recipes that can be found online all varying the amount of florettes used, but I definitely think the stronger the better.
Firstly, we shake the flower heads over a surface to make sure they're bug free...
...then put them all into a large pan, before adding 2 sliced lemons, sugar (I use about 500g) citric acid and cover in water.
Bring to the boil, cover and let everything infuse overnight off the heat. We then strain everything through some muslin cloth, bottle it up and add a crushed campden tablet to help with preservation.
I then like to enjoy it with some ice, lemon and maybe even gin ;-)
Do you have any favourite foraging recipes? Let us know in the comments below
Sarah x