Comments on: Elderflower Time

By: Absence makes the garden grow faster « Things We Make

Absence makes the garden grow faster « Things We Make — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:09:30 +0000

[...] The broad beans had also done a good job of producing a new supply that have now been turned into Celia’s new roasted garlic and broad bean hummus [...]

By: denise

denise — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:36:54 +0000

hi enjoyed reading your comments does anyone know why our elderflower wine has turned realy dark its been stored for 2 months now

By: Celia

Celia — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:24:19 +0000

Claire, this hasn’t happened to me before with the cordial. You might try putting it in the coldest part of the freezer and see if that works. I think, however, that it will still be fine, as storing it in a cool dark place is the old fashioned storage method. C

By: Ellen

Ellen — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:43:51 +0000

Hi Celia

It’s been a glorious sunny day and my Mum, Fiance and I have been out picking the Elderflower. We have been busy this evening in the kitchen following your cordial recipe, as we will be serving this to our wedding guests with soda water for the welcome drinks. Thank you for your recipe, we have had great fun doing this and found your instructions so clear and easy to follow.

By: Claire

Claire — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:40:30 +0000

Me again! I made the 2 batches of cordial (which is very nice and my son loves it too) and froze about 2/3rds of it in plastic drink bottles. What is wierd is that it is still almost liquid in the freezer. Is this normal? Is it the sugar content that keeps it from going solid and will it still last ok?

By: Entente Cordiale « The Things We Make

Entente Cordiale « The Things We Make — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:33:32 +0000

[...] got to make hay while the sun shines. I made some Elderflower Cordial yesterday from the recipe in Celia’s blog and today it looks less appetising but already tastes and smells [...]

By: 10 Green Bottles « The Things We Make

10 Green Bottles « The Things We Make — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:20:08 +0000

[...] We have just bottled up 10 litres of Elderflower Champagne and are waiting nervously for it to mature, or explode, whichever comes first. It certainly smells the part and was not really any trouble to make. We are planning to head off into the field shortly to get some more elderflowers to make cordial too from a recipe in Celia’s Blog. [...]

By: Micha

Micha — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:24:07 +0000

Why do you need the citric acid powder? I see that ingredient in every recipe for elderflower cordial, even the ones that require heating up the finished cordial and bottling it hot. So it can’t be conserving. Any ideas?

By: Tim Fielding

Tim Fielding — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:14:20 +0000

I for a number of years have used my mothers recipie, which I believe was handed down by her mother.

As follows:-

One and half a pound of sugar, one lemon take zest off and squeeze lemon, two tablespoons of white wine vinegar, two heads only of elderflower in full bloom, a gallon of water.

Put all together and leave for 24 hours. strain through muslin into bottels with secure tops………….

It can be drunk after about a month………but try leaving it for up to a year or more…………it becomes dryer and dryer……be careful opening…v fizzy

By: Hilary

Hilary — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:40:40 +0000

How embarrassing, I didn’t realise that’s what elderflower looked like! I’ve been wanting to make my own cordial but had no idea where to get elderflower; now ‘m pretty sure I can just pick some near my house.