Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, elderflower cordial. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Elderflower cordial is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Elderflower cordial is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
Plenty of Elderflower Cordial to Choose From. Mix with sparkling water to create elderflower pressé, or add to wine, prosecco or champagne to start a party in style Elderflower cordial is a soft drink made largely from a refined sugar and water solution and uses the flowers of the European elder (Sambucus nigra L.). Historically, the cordial was popular in Northwestern Europe where it has a Victorian heritage. However, versions of an elderflower cordial recipe can be traced to Roman times.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have elderflower cordial using 4 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Elderflower cordial:
- Take 1.2 L boiling water
- Get 900 g caster sugar
- Take 25 Elderflower heads
- Get 2 unwaxed lemons
Elderflower Cordial This floral, sweet-smelling syrup is a perfect match with seltzer water or, better yet, champagne. I add lemon to my elderflower syrup to give it some zing, but the aroma is all elderflower. It is a delicate scent, very sweet and just a bit spicy. Technically, an elderflower cordial is a soft drink, made in Victorian times that basically amounts to an elderflower simple syrup.
Instructions to make Elderflower cordial:
- Method: Shake the Elderflowers to remove any insects. Bring the water to the boil and add the Elderflower heads, lemon zest and lemon juice. Leave them simmering for 30 minutes. Keep the Elderflower in the water for a couple of hours. Strain the Elderflower cordial through muslin or a clean kitchen towel and squeeze to collect all the flavours. Add the sugar to the warm liquid then decant into sterilised bottles. You can enjoy it immediately. Dilute one part cordial to four parts water or one pa
- ELDERFLOWER AND PEACH BELLINI - - Ingredients: 2 tablespoons of peach coulis; 20ml Fab's Elderflower Cordial; 125-150ml Prosecco; 1 strawberry. - - Method: Pour the peach coulis and cordial into a shaker with crushed ice. Shake and double strain into a champagne flute. Top up with the Prosecco. Garnish with a strawberry on the rim.
- THE HUGO - - Ingredients: 30ml of elderflower cordial; a dash of soda water; 125-150ml Prosecco; ice; fresh mint; lime. - - Follow the same method as above. - - Elderflower is great to make granita, jelly, panna cotta or to infuse in honey and vinegar. Unfortunately, time is sometimes too short to try all the recipes so choose your favourite to try this Spring!
It is a delicate scent, very sweet and just a bit spicy. Technically, an elderflower cordial is a soft drink, made in Victorian times that basically amounts to an elderflower simple syrup. It was used to flavor drinks, where alcohol could be added, or not, which gave the drink a lot more versatility. There are plenty of things you can do with elderflowers, but making elderflower cordial is one of my favourite uses for these amazing flowers. You can use the cordial for making drinks, drizzling over puddings, making icecream or even adding to baking recipes as a flavouring.
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