Elderflower whine
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Laura
May 31, 2010, 7:05:29 PM5/31/10
to Ferm Friends
It's not really a whine, that's just an awful pun and some recognition
of the fact that I felt like a criminal with my bag of elderflower
heads and a pair of scissors, leaning over people's fences and
foraging in Victoria Park.
What do you recommend I do with them? I got about 20 heads / 2l of
elderflowers and I want to make something tasty. Elderflower cordial
seems a bit boring (no fermentation!) and wine takes too long.
Any recipes?
They're steeping in warm water for next couple of days but after that
who knows.
Ta dears,
Laura
ps. just testing the system here, but does this email out to members
or is it notice board based?
of the fact that I felt like a criminal with my bag of elderflower
heads and a pair of scissors, leaning over people's fences and
foraging in Victoria Park.
What do you recommend I do with them? I got about 20 heads / 2l of
elderflowers and I want to make something tasty. Elderflower cordial
seems a bit boring (no fermentation!) and wine takes too long.
Any recipes?
They're steeping in warm water for next couple of days but after that
who knows.
Ta dears,
Laura
ps. just testing the system here, but does this email out to members
or is it notice board based?
Ellen
May 31, 2010, 7:15:36 PM5/31/10
to Ferm Friends
My housemate and I were talking about this just this afternoon because
we've got an elder tree in the back garden... She said elderflower
champagne was best (though, like you say, it does take a while). We
located a decent looking recipe here:
http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/elderflower-champagne-recipe_p_1.html
It seems that swing top glass bottles are maybe the one, but just
about everything carries an explosion risk (see comments in link
above!) We've got a 1l glass swing top in the kitchen but will be on
the lookout for some more. We're thinking of maybe using some old
Grolsch bottles if we can find them.
I guess you could use the flowers to make a kind of syrup to add to
puddings or compotes?
Re: The system, I got this as an email...
Anyhow, let me know how you get on,
Ellen
we've got an elder tree in the back garden... She said elderflower
champagne was best (though, like you say, it does take a while). We
located a decent looking recipe here:
http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/elderflower-champagne-recipe_p_1.html
It seems that swing top glass bottles are maybe the one, but just
about everything carries an explosion risk (see comments in link
above!) We've got a 1l glass swing top in the kitchen but will be on
the lookout for some more. We're thinking of maybe using some old
Grolsch bottles if we can find them.
I guess you could use the flowers to make a kind of syrup to add to
puddings or compotes?
Re: The system, I got this as an email...
Anyhow, let me know how you get on,
Ellen
Laura Applegate
Jun 1, 2010, 6:39:52 AM6/1/10
to Ellen, Ferm Friends
so we went picking elderflowers a few days ago and out housemate Claudia left us with this recipe for elderflower champagne:
"dissolve 2 kgs of sugar in 10 lts of hot water
mix with 2 pints if flowers, juice of 5 lemons and 1 sliced lemon
drink whenever you like
should start bubbling after 2/3 days
is fine to drink until it goes off"
shes done it like this every year since i've known her (2!) and she just keeps it in a jug in the fridge cause we quaff it all. we've never bottled any so i don't know bout splosions--
meow meow meow
"dissolve 2 kgs of sugar in 10 lts of hot water
mix with 2 pints if flowers, juice of 5 lemons and 1 sliced lemon
drink whenever you like
should start bubbling after 2/3 days
is fine to drink until it goes off"
shes done it like this every year since i've known her (2!) and she just keeps it in a jug in the fridge cause we quaff it all. we've never bottled any so i don't know bout splosions
meow meow meow
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