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Re: Elder Recipe



On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Wagner-Pentz wrote:

> I know that this is not a newsgroup for exchanging recipes.
> But as I am in search for a recipe for making champagne 
> out of elder flowers, I thought, I will give it a try here.

Okay, here's what I was able to find... (In _Fruity Passions_ by Margaret
Vaughan and Mary Hardiman-Jones). I haven't tried it yet (no elderflowers)
but it sounds like it might be good...

_Elderflower Champagne_

5-6 elderflower heads
2 lemons, sliced
8 pints (4.5 l) boiled water
1 1/2lb (750 g) sugar
2 tablespoons cider vinegar, or
	1/2 oz (15 g) citric acid

	Place flower heads and sliced lemons in a bucket and add the
water. Soak for 24-36 hours. Strain through cloth or fine sieve, then add
the sugar and vinegar/acid. Stir well until sugar dissolves, then pour
into bottles (either Champagne bottles or screw-top bottles left loosely
closed for 7-14 days).
	She says it doesn't keep much longer than 3 months, and she
mentions drinking it as soon as 10 days after making it.

-Ashley

ablockwood@ucdavis.edu  alienora@calweb.com
http://www.calweb.com/~alienora/