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  • Recipe Elderflower Champagne
    Elderflower Champagne
    T he fine summer we have had this year means the Elderflowers ( Sambucus nigra ) are heavy with pollen making them ideal to make Elderflower Champagne. This recipe is very easy to make, so get cracking as the window of opportunity is[...]
  • Recipe Elderflower Champagne
    Elderflower Champagne
    I should have probably posted this earlier, as the season for elderflower is now over, but I guess you can bookmark it for next year or be adventurous and find a recipe for elderberry wine, as elderberries will be everywhere very shortly. I[...]
  • Recipe Elderflower Champagne
    Elderflower Champagne
    I should have probably posted this earlier, as the season for elderflower is now over, but I guess you can bookmark it for next year or be adventurous and find a recipe for elderberry wine, as elderberries will be everywhere very shortly. I[...]
  • Recipe Elderflower Cheesecake
    Elderflower Cheesecake
    Highly perfumed lacy umbels are adorning the elder trees, begging to lend they're unique flavour to my cooking. I have tried all the usual recipes from jellies to cordials and everything in between, but I was longing to try something[...]
  • Recipe Elderflower Chocolates
    Elderflower Chocolates
    This is a shape that I have used frequently in the past, but this time I "wrapped" it with a small amount of tempered chocolate to give it that particular look, like it is coming out of a crystal or rock. It is then sprayed with chocolate[...]
  • Recipe Cherry Elderflower Sorbet
    Cherry Elderflower Sorbet
    Hope you all had a lovely weekend! I had a great one, spending the whole saturday watching movies, chatting and hogging with a very good friend of mine. It was lovely! Sunday wasn't bad either - the star of this Sunday were these Cherries, well,[...]
  • Recipe Elderflower - Apple Pastries
    Elderflower - Apple Pastries
    To my cup of Tea I love to nosh something, mainly something sweet. In fact writing those lines I´m thinking about some cookies... should bake some in the next days... Having quite ever some puff pastry in my fridge and wanting some[...]
  • Recipe Elderflower and Rhubarb Jam
    Elderflower and Rhubarb Jam
    The elderflowers are really starting to look good in the hedgerows and this is a perfect way to use their subtle flavour with that other early summer favorite rhubarb. You don't need may umbrels of flowers to get a hRead More...
  • Recipe Elderflower and Apple Jelly
    Elderflower and Apple Jelly
    I couldn't help noticing how the elderflowers are now filling the air with their heady scent and this inspired me to use them in cooking again. Last year I made some delicious fritters , but this time I wanted to make something more long[...]
  • Recipe BOOZY BERRY & ELDERFLOWER TRIFLE
    BOOZY BERRY & ELDERFLOWER TRIFLE
    The weather was glorious last bank holiday weekend. Saturday was taken up buying plants, gardening and getting all the pots and hanging baskets ready for the summer. On the Sunday we all went to a wedding in Shropshire and for part of the[...]