ELDERFLOWER WINE
Make your own delicious elderflower wine with our fabulous summery recipe. This delectable alcoholic drink is perfect for using our favourite seasonal ingredient
Provided by Richard Davie - Drinks writer
Categories Drink
Yield Makes a 4.5 litre/1 gallon batch
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Read our guides on how to clean brewing equipment and home brewing safety tips before you get started. Trim the elderflower florets off the stems with scissors or a wide-toothed comb into a clean bucket.
- Add the sultanas, lemon zest and juice to the bucket. Dissolve the sugar and citric acid in 2l boiling water and pour into the bucket. Cover and leave for 8 hours or overnight to steep.
- Add the tea and 2.5l cold water, stir, then sprinkle the yeast over. Cover and leave in a moderate (15-20C) spot, out of the sunlight, to ferment until the foam has died down - this usually takes five days, but could be up to 14.
- Transfer into a clean bucket or demijohn, leaving the sediment behind. Top up to 4.5l with cooled boiled water if desired. Cover tightly (a lid with an airlock is recommended). Leave to ferment, this usually takes six weeks (little trails of bubbles are a visual indicator).
- When the liquid stops bubbling and clears a little, transfer to a clean bucket, leaving the sediment behind and adding the campden tablet. Leave to clear, which may take a few months, then decant into sterilised bottles. Store in a cool, dark place. The wine will improve for up to 18 months.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 92 calories, Carbohydrate 23 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 23 grams sugar, Protein 0.2 grams protein
ELDERFLOWER CHAMPAGNE
Make a stunning bottle of seasonal elderflower champagne with our step-by-step recipe. This delicate, floral, alcoholic drink is perfect for sipping on summer nights
Provided by Richard Davie - Drinks writer
Categories Drink
Yield Makes 10 litre batch
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Read our guides on how to clean brewing equipment and home brewing safety tips before you get started. Fully dissolve the sugar in 4l just-boiled water in a fermenting bucket. Add 6l cold water.
- Shake any bugs loose from the elderflower, then strip the florets from the heads with a fork. Let the sugar water cool to 20C and stir in the lemon zest, juice, flowers and yeast. Cover, and leave to ferment out of direct sunlight for six days. If your bucket doesn't have an airlock lid, gently rest the lid on top of the bucket.
- Strain through boiled or sanitised muslin into the second sanitised bucket, leaving the sediment behind. Leave it to sit for a couple of hours for any last pollen or sediment to settle.
- Siphon into sanitised wine or fizzy drink bottles and seal. Leave for five days in a cool dark place. Check the carbonation by lightly opening the lids to vent excess CO2. Keep in fridge if notably vigorous. If you drop the sugar to 1.6kg, it shouldn't finish above 8% abv, at 2kg, 10%. Champagne yeast is tolerant up to at least 15%.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 76 calories, Carbohydrate 19 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 19 grams sugar
SPARKLING ELDERFLOWER WINE
Something a little different that I found in a cook book of mine. Sounds very easy and well worth trying! Times are rest times until drinkable.
Provided by Missy Wombat
Categories Beverages
Time P1DT10m
Yield 1 batch
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Rinse the elderberry flowers- they must be just in bloom.
- Cut the lemon into thin slices and mix with the flowers and the remaining ingredients in a reasonably large container.
- Stir.
- Cover the container and leave in a warm place.
- The juice can be drunk after 24 hours.
- If necessary add lemon and honey to taste.
- After 2-3 days the drink will begin to effervesce.
- Then sieve, put into screwtop bottles and store in a dark room.
- The juice will turn into sparkling wine in around 4 weeks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 313.7, Fat 0.3, Sodium 19.9, Carbohydrate 85.9, Fiber 5.4, Sugar 70.6, Protein 1.7
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