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Post by Joyce on Aug 20, 2018 18:11:04 GMT
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Post by rgsp on Aug 21, 2018 8:17:03 GMT
I have inherited a couple of small books from my mother: "Recipes from the Norfolk Association of Womens' Institutes" and a follow on from the above. The pair of books have no less than 10 recipes for using elderberries, and while we have very occasionally met recipes where the quantities noted must have been copied wrongly, they're mostly reliable and good.
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Post by wr on Aug 25, 2018 8:37:41 GMT
My grandmother made all sorts of cordials and elderflower/berry wines along with elderflower champagne which never lasted very long. I don't think she ever had a recipe in a book. It was all in her head. I remember the smell in her garden shed with wine bottles with balloons on the tops instead of air lock tops.
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Post by 4wd on Aug 25, 2018 8:49:44 GMT
We used to make the elderflower and it was rather nice if very sweet.
You could keep it about a year and by Christmas it was more alcoholic.
Basically flower heads, lemon peel and flesh (but not pith) and sugary warm water.
You left it open to the air in a bowl with towel over until some fermentation was obliviously underway - then filtered it roughly and put in bottles.
Leaving the tops loose for about a month then re bottled leaving behind any sludge and sealed.
You could do it in a demi-john with trap thing but we never had one and nothing bad happened...
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Post by genuinerisk on Aug 27, 2018 16:43:18 GMT
The elderberries are are nearly ripe. Best ones need me having Merlo and bucket with operator for half an hour! Not going to make wine, just cordial to see if it does ward off colds and other bugs!
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Post by Joyce on Aug 27, 2018 20:12:07 GMT
The elderberries are are nearly ripe. Best ones need me having Merlo and bucket with operator for half an hour! Not going to make wine, just cordial to see if it does ward off colds and other bugs!  Just beat the birds to the berries. Berries freeze well and are easier to destalk. |
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