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Originally Posted by pdurrant
One and a half litres of water. One and a half kilos of sugar. Mix and heat until the sugar is dissolved, allow to cool.
Thinly slice three lemons. Place in suitable container along with 25 elderflowers and 50g of Citric Acid crystals. Pour the sugar syrup over the other ingredients, cover, and allow to stand for 24 hours in a cool place. Strain through a suitable cloth strainer and bottle into clean, sterilized bottles. Keeps for four to six weeks in a fridge. Makes about 3 litres. Dilute to taste, but probably about 8 to 1, with cold still or sparkling water.
My recipe says that with frozen flowers, just add them to the syrup when it's hot, and then pour syrup and flowers over the rest of the ingredients once cooled down a bit.
(In imperial measures: 3.5lb sugar, 2.5 UK pints (50 fl.oz.) water, 2oz citric acid., makes about 5 UK pints (100 fl. oz.) )
In fact, you can see a video of my son helping me make it...
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What a great video! It makes me think I need to try and make some of that. (Wait... do we have elderflowers here in the States?) And such a handsome and well-spoken young man you've raised there.
