I’ve just finished bottling 13 bottles of elderberry cordial. It’s delicious – lovely dark purple colour and nicely spiced. Here’s the recipe:
Elderberry cordial
300g elderberries
350ml water
400g sugar
12 cloves
3cm fresh ginger
1 cinnamon stick
Zest and juice from 1 lemon
350ml water
400g sugar
12 cloves
3cm fresh ginger
1 cinnamon stick
Zest and juice from 1 lemon
Place berries in pan, add water and bring to the boil.
Add cloves, ginger, cinnamon and lemon zest.
Simmer for about 30 minutes.
Mash the berries and strain everything through a sieve.
Return all juices to the pan, add sugar and lemon juice.
Bring to the boil for 5 minutes.
Bottle.
Simmer for about 30 minutes.
Mash the berries and strain everything through a sieve.
Return all juices to the pan, add sugar and lemon juice.
Bring to the boil for 5 minutes.
Bottle.
We had a family berry picking about 1 week ago. The berries went into the freezer until today. Having frozen berries made it very easy to get them off their stalks.