Elderflower Cordial

 

1.5kg / 3lb 5oz sugar

2 lemons 

25 (or more) elderflower heads 

50g / 1oz citric acid 

2 Campden tablets

Put sugar & water in large pan; warm to dissolve sugar.

Add & dissolve citric acid & Camden tabs... then thin-sliced lemons & elderflower. Cover & leave overnight (up to a couple of days)... the smell is fantastic!

Sieve through muslin, then to sterilised bottles.  Best stored in fridge (at least, the coolest place you've got).  Freezes well in underfilled, top-loose, plastic bottles.

To serve, simply dilute to taste.

* elder heads freeze well: freeze 25 heads (or more) in bag; adding to hot sugar syrup straight from freezer stops'em turning brown. 

* Campden tabs used in home brewing to kill bacteria & inhibit wild yeasts – adding seems to allow cordial to keep a tad longer.