Elderflower Liqueur
Elderflower liqueur is a versatile and delicious star ingredient in cocktails and is great used in baking and cooking. Add it to soda water to make a simple spritzer or drizzle it over the sponge cake in your trifle or add a teaspoon to whipped cream or icing.
Ingredients (For a same-day, small batch recipe)
- 1 cup vodka (37.5% ABV)
- ½ cup Elderflower Tea
- 45g sugar
- 30 ml water
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla essence
- ¾ teaspoon lemon juice
- (If you have the time to leave the Elderflowers to soak longer in the vodka, use ¼ cup of flowers to 1 cup of vodka and leave for a week, shaking frequently).
Method
- Begin by soaking the Elderflowers in the vodka for several hours.
- Shake frequently.
- Next strain the mixture into a small pot and add the remainder of the ingredients.
- Bring to a boil to dissolve the sugar and remove a little of the alcohol. Simmer for approximately 5 minutes, then pour into a bottle and allow to cool before adding the lid.
Notes: This liqueur will be shelf-stable provided you haven’t removed too much of the alcohol whilst simmering it.
