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The next day, pour the infused elderflower water over a fine sieve (or a sieve lined with a musln cloth) Prepare elderflower blossoms and leave them for few hours outside at the garden table, on your balcony or on the kitchen counter to give a chance to bugs and insects to escape. Don't wash it or shake excessively to get rid of insects because you will lose the precious pollen from the blossoms, as well as the flavor.Take only fully bloomed flowers, don't use the stems. The perfect summertime drink with still or sparkling water (the latter for elderflower pressé) and/or a dash of gin. Alternatively, added to wine or champagne. This recipe doesn’t require citric acid. The story behind the recipe Ideally you want to time this with finishing your cordial. As you are simmering your elderflower water with sugar, put your bottles in the oven and then will be ready by the time you need them. Shake the flowers to make sure there are no insects hiding inside, but don’t wash them as this can spoil the flavour.
It is really simple to make elderflower cordial but if you’ve been looking around for recipes you might have found that most contain citric acid? Using a funnel and a ladle, transfer the mixture into the sterilized, slightly cooled bottles (being careful not to put the cold liquid in to hot bottles – DANGER!) Add 2 teaspoons (10 ml) of the Campden tablet mixture to each 70 cl wine bottle. Obviously, you will need to adjust the quantity for different volumes of bottle. Using Campden TabletsStep seven – Strain the elderflower mixture through a jelly bag or use a muslin cloth in a sieve. You can also use a piece of kitchen paper, or even a coffee filter, but this will take quite some time. This depends on how you’ve made it and how well you’ve managed to preserve it. It’s important that you use a sterilised glass bottles and seal the bottles (or close) straightaway.
My own particular favourite is elderflower champagne. For a very modest outlay – a fermenting bin and pressure barrel – plus a mere tenner’s worth of ingredients, you can make 40 pints of very palatable beer-strength sparkling booze in only a week. HARVESTING ELDERFLOWER One big problem remains…if you’ve quit the white stuff, super-market bottles of elderflower cordial are laced with sugar! Note: If you don't want to reduce the liquid, see the tips in the recipe above. My pots have capacity marks inside so it's easy to get exactly the amount I need.Water is the best all-round drink. If your family likes flavoured waters, make your own by adding a squeeze of lemon or lime, or strawberries. Children often need reminding to drink, so give them a colourful water bottle with a funky straw. If you can’t find citric acid, don’t worry! You can make this cordial without it by just adding more lemon juice. For 1.5 litres of water, add the juice of 2 or 3 lemons, according to taste. This does mean that the cordial will taste more lemony; if you prefer a stronger elderflower taste, then it’s worth finding citric acid. How to Preserve Elderflower Cordial After you’ve simmered the mixture, turn off the heat and leave everything to infuse further for at least a couple of hours – this will lead to a stronger flavour and more benefits from all the ingredients. I left mine to infuse over night. During May and early June you’ll find elderflowers growing across the UK. They grow on trees, generally in hedgerows and are a beautiful white flower with a strong perfume. Citric acid is added to recipes to help preserve the cordial. It is not essential, particularly if you’re not going to be keeping your cordial for long.
Heat until stevia is entirely dissolved (there should be white, cloudy stuff on the top but it will disappear when you stir though.) Just make sure there’s no granules sitting on the bottom. Remove any dirt or insects from the elder flowers. Do not wash as you don't want to wash off the pollen which will give it flavor. Strain the flower-infused liquid through muslin or tea towel, gently squeezing it to extract all the juice. Measure the amount of juice.You can use this syrup for pancakes, in cakes, or put it in the water and make a flavor water or sugar free elderflower juice.
Citric acid is a preservative and is naturally found in lemons and other citrus fruits. It brings a lot of tang! to the cordial and has a role in extracting the flavour from the elderflowers. It’s also what helps the cordial to preserve for so long. Where to get citric acid Gather the corners together and squeeze the whole thing out so that you only have a pure, yellow-y liquid remaining in the bowl.
Typically, in the South of England, trees are in bloom mid may to mid June. Blooming time will vary according to location and the weather.
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