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@wyrdwulf4 ай бұрын
I love elderflower flavour, so refreshing! In my 1st attempt at this I was working at Glastonbury festival, made it, left it in my truck and it was baking hot so 30-40 degrees C in the truck during the day and it went fizzy, so I reckon it had started turning into alcohol, very champagne like, anyway it was delicious and went in with my gin instead of water bottle from then on 👍
@UKWILDCRAFTS4 ай бұрын
Hah yeah the natural yeast on the flowers would have been converting the sugars to alcohol. I’ll be doing a video on that at some point
@SlytherinsConspiracies3 ай бұрын
The Eldest of all flowers.
@charliecarpenter28404 ай бұрын
Nice one, I have been removing sweeteners from my diet.I fairly sure they will be the class action lawsuit of the future. Made an Orange/lemon/lime cordial the other day, it is so much nicer than the commercial offerings. I'll give this a try this afternoon, always liked it but hard to buy without chemicals in it now.
@Beanbag7774 ай бұрын
Small tip . Roll the lemon with palm of your hand to soften it and get the juices flowing before you cut it 👍
@UKWILDCRAFTS4 ай бұрын
Yeah good tip. These were quite soft lemons anyway
@heatherthunderhawk4854 ай бұрын
Yumm. Can I use honey to sweeten it with instead?
@UKWILDCRAFTS4 ай бұрын
Ive not tried it with honey but I guess it would work. Let it ferment and have mead instead 😋
@grrlpurpleable4 ай бұрын
Made some a few years ago while much further south than I am now... was absolutely delicious!!! Love elderflower cordial but not many elder trees where I am in Scotland now :(
@carlhatton63154 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video
@UKWILDCRAFTS4 ай бұрын
You’re welcome 😁
@melissalambert76154 ай бұрын
Nice recipe. Elderberry flowers to have a lovely scent. Hello from sunny Oregon US.
@bradlafferty4 ай бұрын
I just finished planting a dozen bare root Elderberry plants (two varieties for pollination). Can’t wait for them to start producing in a few years. Would love to try this recipe! Another interesting video. Thank you!
@Littlewing6was94 ай бұрын
I made this last year, it has a ton of health benefits and is delicious. Thank you for sharing 💚🌼
@Cyrilmc2220043 ай бұрын
Thank you so much I really really enjoyed watching you create this cordial and I’ve subscribed and given you a thumbs up too
@coolersmoke4 ай бұрын
A well-timed recipe, Lewis :) Got my own recipe, but this weekend I'm going to try yours! I'll probably add another lemon though for a bit of extra tartness.
@myageo2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much, I was looking for a recipe without citric acid, that comes from black mold.
@Khraw-issan4 ай бұрын
Wow thanks for the recipe it look so delicious I have to make some 😊
@uk-hon57694 ай бұрын
Granulated sugar works just as well, just takes longer to dissolve
@SiSwitzer4 ай бұрын
Great vid, thanks for that!! I meant to make some last year and never got round to it; I’ve been eyeing up the local elderflower trees looking for the flowers to look just right, thanks for the tips on that too👍🤩
@UKWILDCRAFTS4 ай бұрын
You’re welcome 😁
@danyoutube74914 ай бұрын
The flowers seem to be quite prolific this year, at least where I live in York.
@Medietos3 ай бұрын
Why is it called cordial, not squash? What is the difference?
@GladiolaGirl4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this recipe ❤😋
@Olan...4 ай бұрын
I have tasted this made in Slovenia and Austria but i didn't know it had to have sugar in it, Do you know if it will still taste ok if you dont use the sugar because i try to avoid sugar at all costs because i have read in lots of different books that sugar is the most easily absorbed energy fuel for pathogenic bacteria/fungus and cancer cells and even the naturally occurring sugars in fruits should only be eaten seasonally because the purpose is for it to spike insulin in the species that consume it to allow the body to store fat to get us through the barren winter months. Even Dave Asbury the longevity expert recommends to always avoid sugars plus there are the famous tests on lab rats and mice that are more addicted to sugar than cocaine 🤔
@matabobek4 ай бұрын
It is worth to remember that majority of sweeteners are worst than sugar.
@Olan...4 ай бұрын
@@matabobek Yeah thats true,,,,There used to be a common phrase in the 70s "if it tastes nice spit it out ", its difficult to escape sweet tasting foods these days :)
@coolersmoke4 ай бұрын
There's a lot of misunderstanding and plain outright misinformation about sugars. The simple truth is that our digestive system has evolved from foraging, which is mostly nuts and fruits. Of course, too much of anything can have an adverse effect, but a few grammes of sugar a day are perfectly harmless for any healthy individual.
@Olan...4 ай бұрын
@@coolersmoke So you believe our digestive systems have evolved in the short period of time that man has been refining sugar 🤔 🤣😂🤣
@tfSmudge4 ай бұрын
My kitchen is awash with Elderflower aroma today. I've experimented with Splenda sweetener, currently enfusing so looking forward... Thank you sir!
@jacqueline49054 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. I love elderflower cordial. Going to make this for sure. Yummy 😋 and so simple.
@UKWILDCRAFTS4 ай бұрын
Enjoy 😁
@jacqueline49054 ай бұрын
Also shared 😊@@UKWILDCRAFTS
@janevego3 ай бұрын
O dear I’ve washed mine
@mouthmw3 ай бұрын
I was drinking a delicious cold glass of elderflower cordial while watching this. My father in law made it and I wanted to check out some recipes. Nice!
@vanessaevans34014 ай бұрын
I really wanted to do this and so I picked flowers from my garden tree and left it outside for the bugs to leave, but when I brought them flowers back in they were dropping tiny little insects by the thousands 😮
@ChristophersMum4 ай бұрын
Hi...can you make this with the red elderflowers?😁
@richardlilley62744 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@antaress81284 ай бұрын
Hm. Good idea.
@dialecticcoma4 ай бұрын
worth remembering a lot of people have the ornamental elders, which are purple. can still use them too.
@zeez41784 ай бұрын
Great tips thanx 👍🍀
@UKWILDCRAFTS4 ай бұрын
😁
@blubird3973 ай бұрын
And best picked on a late sunny morning 😊
@andreagerrity10564 ай бұрын
Could you use honey instead of the sugar?
@TeeLee1274 ай бұрын
Where would you usually find elder flower? Great video!!
@pheart23814 ай бұрын
Hedgerows,alongside fields are river and canal banks,churchyards,country lanes.
@UKWILDCRAFTS4 ай бұрын
Thanks 😁. You want to look in open places like hedgerows, along quiet country roads and field edges.
@jenann03504 ай бұрын
I always sea them in hedge by the road most, I can't stop were they grow 😢 but recently found a feild with them around the edge and grave yard! Happy
@coolersmoke4 ай бұрын
Many people say don't pick elderflowers near busy roads because of exhaust pollution. However last year I couldn't resist because there were some stonking flowers on my nearby main road. It was just as delicate and delicious as always. I suppose there's something to say about the growing number of electric vehicles!
@guitarnotator4 ай бұрын
If you were making a champayne what alternatives could you use for sugar and are the lemons necassary? thanks Aidan
@UKWILDCRAFTS4 ай бұрын
It’s the yeast feeding on the sugar that causes fermentation and produces alcohol, so sugar is needed. You could use honey but that would be making mead. You could do without the lemon in this recipe, lemon helps when you’re boiling sugar as it stops the sugar from crystallising. But as you’re only briefly boiling the sugar that won’t be a problem.
@guitarnotator4 ай бұрын
@@UKWILDCRAFTS So could you do without the lemons in a wine or champagne? I know you wouldn't get the fizz but could you still get alcohol? and what about maple sugar or a monkfruit sugar as an alternative?
@flamingdonut94564 ай бұрын
Think I'll give it a go. Lots of Elder trees near me. Great tip with the ice cubes.👍
@UKWILDCRAFTS4 ай бұрын
😁
@flamingdonut94564 ай бұрын
@@UKWILDCRAFTSwent out this morning to collect elder flowers, just got the pan on now. Cheers matte, looking forward to trying this👍
@johnmc75874 ай бұрын
Should add yeast and make wine
@UKWILDCRAFTS4 ай бұрын
That’s for another video :)
@johnmc75874 ай бұрын
@@UKWILDCRAFTS hope to see it soon. Great videos by the way
@notanormie83633 ай бұрын
Good simple recipe, great video, but it would have been good to know that there are inedible lookalikes to elderflower. This video inspired me to go out to pick elderflowers and make the cordial, but I only found out about the inedible lookalike after making the cordial. There is a chance I have unknowingly picked the wrong type of flower and put it into the cordial, probably making it harmful to consume. Luckily, I didn’t drink any of it after watching one of your other videos detailing the inedible lookalike to elderflower, but it would have been better to know about the inedible lookalike from this video. But overall, this is a nice recipe that’s incredibly easy to make.
@judithcoupe70024 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊
@UKWILDCRAFTS4 ай бұрын
You’re welcome 😁
@sylviabriggs40874 ай бұрын
So here we have the lovely elder flower strange from earth then we add sugar which is extremely bad for health, so tasty it may be , sugar is killer
@UKWILDCRAFTS4 ай бұрын
Sugar is fine in moderation. If you’re only using a small amount of the cordial and diluting it there’s no problem. All shop bought cordials, sodas etc have even more sugar
@viktoriaurumova46084 ай бұрын
How long will it last if left outside the fridge but in a cold place? Great recipe btw, haven't tried mine with gin and tonic ☺️
@matabobek4 ай бұрын
I think we might get better value out of the plant by putting lemons as flowers into warm or coldish water. By this we get not only taste but benefits of them herbs ...