Jul 012010
Makes 7-8 litres
Ingredients
8 litres water
1¼ kg sugar
8 large elderflower heads
4 lemons
4 teaspoons mild white wine vinegar
Method
Boil the water and pour in the sugar to dissolve it.
Cool and add the elderflowers, juice of the two lemons, slices of the other two and the vinegar.
Cover with a cloth and leave for a day.
Strain with a fine sieve or muslin cloth, squeezing the flowers as you do to release more flavour.
Store in screw top bottles.
It will be ready in about 10 days to a fortnight and should be drunk within a month.
Author
Robyn Currie
Eltham North