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Elderflower Cordial Recipe - Vegan on Board

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× Jump to Recipe90 CommentsSharePinThe most refreshing drink. Ever! Heavenly flowery and tangy. Our homemade elderflower cordial is perfect with sparkling water on a summer day.Every spring we make a huge batch of this elderflower cordial to last us the whole year. The ritual of picking elderflowers and filling the house (or our campervan) with their blossomy scent is a tradition that celebrates spring.Homemade elderflower cordial is much tastier than store bought. This cordial is more tangy and floral, and less syrupy sweet. And it’s such a fun thing to make. (It’s always great fun to make things with edible flowers - like our vegan dandelion honey!)Making your own cordial will save you a load of money too! In the UK, one 500ml bottle will set you back around £3, whereas making a batch of this cordial costs less than that - for 6 times as much!&nbsp;&nbsp;Elderflowers are the edible blossoms of the Elder tree, Sambucus nigra. This small tree is native to Europe and North America. It blossoms in late spring, and produces dark berries in late summer. Elderberries are also edible, but must be cooked before eating to get rid of toxins.&nbsp;Here’s our top tips for picking your own elderflowers:Citric acid is a preservative and is naturally found in lemons and other citrus fruits. It brings a lot of tang! to the cordial and has a role in extracting the flavour from the elderflowers. It’s also what helps the cordial to preserve for so long.It can sometimes be a bit tricky to find – pharmacies and world food shops are a good place to look. Our local zero waste shop sells it, so we buy it from them. It’s also easily ordered online, just look for food grade quality. We recommend organic citric acid which is GMO free.&nbsp;It is possible to make this elderflower cordial without the citric acid, but the taste will be different and the cordial won’t keep so well. If you omit the citric acid, store the finished cordial in the fridge and use up within a few weeks. You can also freeze it in plastic bottles so there’s room for expansion, or in ice cube trays.&nbsp;But if you can, we highly recommend using the citric acid in this recipe. To us, it makes all the difference!STEP 1 - Add water, elderflowers, sliced lemons and citric acid to a pan and bring to boiling point.STEP 2 - Remove from heat and leave to infuse for a few hours or overnight.STEP 3 - Strain the liquid through a muslin cloth or fine sieve.STEP 4 - Return the liquid to the pan and add the sugar.STEP 5 - Bring to boil, stirring frequently to dissolve the sugar. Simmer for 5 minutes.STEP 6 - Fill the cordial into clean, sterilised bottles while still hot.Here’s our advice for how to make sure your elderflower cordial will keep well:Store unopened bottles of cordial in a cool and dark place. After opening, keep in the fridge.&nbsp;Our homemade elderflower cordial makes a perfect summer drink when mixed with cold sparkling mineral water. It also adds a fresh and fruity note to a glass of wine, champagne or a cocktail.But you can use elderflower cordial for other things than just drinks... Try our other elderflower recipes:Elderflower Cake Elderflower and Coconut Ice CreamElderflower and Lemon Ice Lollies Elderflower FrittersEnjoy the summer!Paul &amp; Sophiefrom votesPrintPinThis information is calculated per serving and is an estimate only.« Lemon and Elderflower Ice LolliesVegan Pizza Dough »I'm excited to make this recipe today! Do the sugar and water quantity equate to about 3L of cordial, or does it make much less? I see a lot of people writing that they want to make a second batch so wondering if I should start by doubling the recipe! Thanks 🙂ReplyThis looks amazing! I’d like to add Campden tablets to aid the preservation - could you advise at what point to add them? Thanks so much! 🙂ReplyMade this using heads from the Black Elder we have in the back garden so had the bonus of a really floral scented cordial but in a fantastic deep red hue (similar in colour to the rhubarb cordial we make from the garden surplus). Made a fundamental error in filling 2x litre bottles first so ended up with 25cl over when the third, 75cl, bottle was filled. Doh!Tastes great with homemade fizzy water from our daughters sodastream.CheersReplyHave made this from your recipe for past three years. Thank you.Any tips how to not end up with glass bottles cracking or exploding when filling up with hot cordial as directed? I'm losing at least one good quality Kilner bottle every year. They're not cheap!ReplyMade this today following your instructions. It was really easy and tastes great. 🙂 I've got a glass of it now with lemonade and gin in 😀Thanks for such an easy recipe to follow! I've never made this before but it is definitely worth doing. I will get hold of more flowers soon and make more. I only made one bottle full, this made in bulk would be great for keeping throughout the year. &lt;3ReplyYou stole this recipe from another website!!!! even your photos look almost the same! shame on you.ReplyGreat recipe to follow, started today will finish tomorrow, I have used limes instead of lemons and it smells so good can't wait to finish and taste.Replycitric acid is used when making wine so its available at wine-making shops.ReplyIs it better to 'cook' the flowers in the water/citric acid/lemon slices?In the past when I have made cordial, I have made the syrup and allowed it to cool before adding the flower heads.Thanks for your timeReplyHi, I made this yesterday, it's really tasty!! I just wondered how long this keeps?ReplyI have just started to make this on the stove top and now the whole kitchen smells lovely! Once opened, how long will this keep in the fridge? Thanks you for the lovely recipe.ReplyJust made a batch of cordial. Loved making it and the recipe was so easy to follow. Thank you.ReplyThank you for this recipe I have made before, but this was much better way of doing it. I have used the flowers from a black elder in my garden, which has pink flowers. So my cordial is a beautiful dusky pink colour.ReplyThis is the best recipe I’ve ever used. I’ve made elderflower cordial since I was a child. Always using the same recipe - sugar water steeped flowers, lemons and citric acid, if available - accepting the older bottles would often ferment. I came across this recipe last year and so pleased I tried! The cordial was perfect, the process quicker and simpler, and no bottles fermented. I’m just about to go pick this year’s flowers and so happy I found this recipe again!!ReplySpent ages looking for a recipe, and this was the one with the least amount of sugar in. Started making it last night and finished off after work this afternoon. Completely delicious thank you! Tempted to go foraging again to make myself another batch to store so I can have year round!ReplyExtremely easy to follow as it is rather simple, as long as all the ingredients are to hand.I’m an avid lover of Elderflower Cordial, having imbibed copious amounts in my lifetime.ReplyDo you remove the flowers from the stems? I've heard the stems of elder are toxic and I always remove them when I make elderberry wine. Thanks!Reply« Older CommentsWe're Sophie &amp; Paul and it’s our mission to inspire you with our delicious and easy vegan recipes and help you on your plant-based journey.Meet the crew &gt;&gt;

× Jump to Recipe90 CommentsSharePinThe most refreshing drink. Ever! Heavenly flowery and tangy. Our homemade elderflower cordial is perfect with sparkling water on a summer day.Every spring we make a huge batch of this elderflower cordial to last us the whole year. The ritual of picking elderflowers and filling the house (or our campervan) with their blossomy scent is a tradition that celebrates spring.Homemade elderflower cordial is much tastier than store bought. This cordial is more tangy and floral, and less syrupy sweet. And it’s such a fun thing to make. (It’s always great fun to make...

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