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12Bore
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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 Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 7:16 pm Post subject: Idiot's Guide to Elderflower |
 
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Hi All
First post, so please be gentle. 
A couple of years ago I made Elder gin, with remarkable success. I am now passing hedgerows full of elder flowers and wondering about elderflower wine/champagne. Any very easy recipes would be much appreciated.  : |
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jema
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Welcome to downsizer, plenty of Elderflower discussion going on right now  We made some cordial today. |
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Cathryn
Joined: 16 Jul 2005
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Location: Ceredigion
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There are lots on here. And someone is just about to post you a link. I won't even try as it would take me much longer than them.
Oh alright then, I will.
Here we are. |
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Jamanda
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: North Devon
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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Elder gin eh? Sounds interesting. With the flowers or the fruit?
Welcome to the forum  |
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Mary-Jane
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Location: Ceredigion, West Wales
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 7:25 pm Post subject: Re: Idiot's Guide to Elderflower |
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| 12Bore wrote: |
| ...wondering about elderflower wine/champagne. Any very easy recipes would be much appreciated. : |
Some nice ones here...and they're members of DS too! http://www.selfsufficientish.com/elderflowercordial.htm |
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2steps
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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Location: Grimsby
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: Idiot's Guide to Elderflower |
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I started some elderflower wine and cordial today using these recipes. used them last year too |
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Cathryn
Joined: 16 Jul 2005
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Location: Ceredigion
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Ah ha and that's where the bitter green stems bit comes in. I hadn't seen this link before. |
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vegplot
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
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Location: North West Wales
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Jamanda wrote: |
Elder gin eh? Sounds interesting. With the flowers or the fruit?
Welcome to the forum |
Only for elders. |
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Jonnyboy
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: location, location
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Out of interest, a full carrier bag of elderflower heads will give you approx 2 pints of stripped elderflowers. |
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Cathryn
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And one of the large full carrier bags takes you waaay past midnight to deal with.  |
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cab
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Just sitting down with a beer (our lodger persuaded me with the line 'but theyr'e cold') having come from the kitchen where our apricot and elderflower jam is cooling.
Best jam in the world. Really. |
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Jonnyboy
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Cathryn wrote: |
| And one of the large full carrier bags takes you waaay past midnight to deal with. |
Roll the elderflower head in your palms, the flowers come right off. |
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12Bore
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 08 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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Brilliant, thanks folks, I'll follow the links and have a go........
Oh, Jamanda, use the fruit for the gin, but let it "mature" for at least 1, preferably 2 - 3 years !! |
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex
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My elderflower and alpine strawberry sorbet was nice, tasted very much like lychee though |
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steve01
Joined: 07 Oct 2006
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made some elderflower cordial using the leave for 5 days method with sugar and lemons now its fizzy. could it be fermenting. |
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