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Making Elderflower Presse/Cordial

  • 02-06-2020 11:41am
    #1
    TheFortField
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    I have lots of elderflower growing in my garden so this summer I’d like to have a go at making a cordial or presse.

    I’ve had a look online for recipes but some of them contain a serious amount of sugar. I was hoping to make a drink that was healthier than the shop bought drinks.

    I would appreciate any advice/recipes you might have.


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  • #2
    New Home
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    All/most the cordials would need a lot of sugar. Either that, or a lot of alcohol. They're acting as preservatives. Without those the cordial would ferment or rot or go mouldy. The alternative would be to freeze the liquid (with as little sugar as you want, even none at all) in ice-cubes and take out as much as you need each time, but that would take up a serious amount of room.


  • #3
    Seamai
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    I was thinking of doing the same as we have some in our garden also. Many of the recipes use citric acid, any idea where to get this?
    I also see that several recipes suggest picking the flower heads early in the day as leaving it until later can give the cordial a slightly unpleasant taste.
    The sugar is what helps it to last longer, you have to remember that you will be diluting it down with something else so the overall sugar content wont be as high.


  • #4
    New Home
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    Seamai wrote: »
    I was thinking of doing the same as we have some in our garden also. Many of the recipes use citric acid, any idea where to get this?
    I also see that several recipes suggest picking the flower heads early in the day as leaving it until later can give the cordial a slightly unpleasant taste.

    Any decent chemist would have citric acid. Probably health food shops, too, but I never looked too hard. You can use lemon juice instead, too, it's just that it wouldn't be as concentrated.

    A friend of mine has a great recipe, I'll ask her.

    Oh, very important: check the flowers very carefully for bugs!!


  • #5
    nikpmup
    Registered Users Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭nikpmup


    Seamai wrote: »
    I was thinking of doing the same as we have some in our garden also. Many of the recipes use citric acid, any idea where to get this?
    I also see that several recipes suggest picking the flower heads early in the day as leaving it until later can give the cordial a slightly unpleasant taste.
    The sugar is what helps it to last longer, you have to remember that you will be diluting it down with something else so the overall sugar content wont be as high.

    You can get citric acid in ethnic shops, East End brand


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