Homemade Elderflower Liqueur

Homemade Elderflower Liqueur

Try this delicious and economical recipe for Elderflower Liqueur.

Elderflower Liquor

Servings 0

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
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