• Home
  • Contact
  • Recipes
  • Edible Gifts

Cornucopia Cooks

Cornucopia kor-nuh-KOH-pee-uh. noun - the horn of plenty, symbol of abundance

  • Cook to Order
  • Private Dining
  • The pop in and pop out
  • Cooking Classes
  • Cornucopia events

Elderflower cordial

June 29, 2015 By Sandy

Pictures of elderflowers (taken by me) and elderflower cordial (taken by Helen Peacocke)

Elderflower cordial

30 heads of elderflower (ish) (if possible do not rinse, just inspect and remove any insects or other bits)
( best collected as the flowers have just opened and on a dry day. Smell the flowers and check the perfume, varieties differ and some are more fragrant than others)
(if you pop the flower heads in a plastic bag, blow some air into it ans seal it, place in fridge for a few hours and then give a good shake, most insects should be v sleepy and fall to bottom of bag)
1.7 litres of  water with 1kg of caster sugar dissolved in the water and cooled
56g  citric acid (stocked by most chemists)
(the purpose of the citric acid is to increase the keeping time of the cordial and help fix the flavour).
2 strips of lemon zest, 2 strips of orange zest, 2 strips of lime zest
Combine all and leave for 24 hours and then through a piece of muslim or clean tea towel.
This should keep in sterilised bottles for 3 months. It does not go off, it just looses it’s amazing flavour and fragrance. If you have room in the fridge, this should help prolong it’s life.
  • The cordial is delicious made up to a drink with water, still or fizzy. Great added to prosecco or other fizz.
  • Try making your own elderflower jelly.
  • If you like salmon, try adding some elderflower cordial and gooseberry purée to crème fraiche for a scrumptious sauce to serve with the salmon.

Filed Under: Recipes

This week at Cornucopia Cooks

This week at Cornucopia Cooks

Last chance for this weeks “pop
out/in” …..

Current Freezer Stock

Check out what's in the freezer

Latest blogs

Thinking of a party at home this spring / summer?

Could outsourcing the food element help persuade you?

Malaysian and basic cooking classes

Fancy a Malaysian or a basic skills cooking class?

More Posts from this Category

Customer comments

60th Birthday dinner, Saturday 30 April 2022

thank you very much for providing such delicious food and a lovely venue

Cooking skills class, 21st April 2022

It was a lot of fun and I learned a lot

More Posts from this Category

Sandy’s latest recipes

Short Ribs, Korean style

Mejedra / mejudra

Mango, lime and ginger cheesecake

All recipes

Recipes

Tweets

  • Thank you to @YourSSE for your prompt response and communication with respect to power outage in parts of Eynsham. November 16, 2020 7:52 pm
  • Thank you to @lyallandco and @EynshamCellars for rehousing my freezer stock while @YourSSE restore power due to an… https://t.co/qMQ9ExGAfM November 16, 2020 7:49 pm
  • go to twitter

Search the website

Contact

1, High Street, Eynsham, Witney, Oxon, OX29 4HA [email protected] 07551876285

Copyright © 2022 Cornucopia Cooks