03/06/2026
🌸🌸Elderflower Cordial Recipe🌸🌸
+Elderflower brew! ☕
So plenty of you have asked, here is my simplistic elderflower cordial recipe. There are fancier ways to do this, but I've always found this method works well for me and is minimum faff and ingredients.
I've also included an even simpler way to enjoy elderflower with no sugar at the end 💚
Pick your elderflower on a nice sunny day after the dew has gone in a morning. Traditionally you should ask permission from the tree before harvest and always go steady with the picking. It's really important to leave plenty of the trees for elderberries later in the year. Plus the bees love em! Stick to around 25% or less and if harvesting large amounts spread yourself out.
The elderflower had a distinctive smell but use a good field guide such as this free one if you are unsure! https://www.wildfooduk.com/edible-wild-plants/elder-tree/
The important thing to remember is it's a flower growing from a TREE and not a plant sprouting from the ground. Sounds silly, but always check you are in fact foraging from a TREE 🌴
INGREDIENTS
1 kg Granulated sugar
1 liter boiling water
Juice of 1 large lemon
20 elderflower heads
DIRECTIONS
Put the sugar in a large saucepan and add your water straight from the kettle.
Stir well until sugar has dissolved and add your lemon 🍋 juice.
Shake the elderflowers to remove any insects, remove the stalks add the flowers to the sugar syrup.
Cover and leave to stand for at least 12 hours, ideally 24 stirring very occasionally.
Strain the elderflower cordial through muslin and decant into sterilised bottles.
Pop in the fridge and use within a week or two. Great for summery cocktails, soft drinks or freeze into ice lollies 😋
Alternatively you can simply brew your elderflower with hot water. Then cool and serve over ice or freeze to lollipops. Sugar free and still lovely and floral. Simply add flowers to hot water and steep for a good 10 mins, strain, cool and serve. Yum 😋
