August 25, 2021

Homemade Elderflower Liqueur

Name: Elderflower Liquor
Ingredients: 10 elderflower heads (blossoms); 500 ml vodka; 100 ml dry vermouth; 1/2 lemon (zest only); 50 ml water; 50 g sugar

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Try this delicious and economical recipe for Elderflower Liqueur.

Elderflower Liquor

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Ingredients

10 elderflower heads blossoms
500 ml vodka
100 ml dry vermouth
1/2 lemon zest only
50 ml water
50 g sugar

Instructions

Carefully pick over the elderflowers to remove dust etc and put flowers in a clean jar along with vodka and dry vermouth
peel the lemon and put half lemon peel into the jar and close. Shake well and set aside for a week in a cool dark cupboard
pour the infused alcohol through a sieve lined with 2 layers of muslin/cheesecloth or kitchen roll
make sugar syrup by heating the sugar and water till the sugar dissolves, cool and add to a sterilised bottle along with the elderflower infused alcohol and shake well