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Homemade elderflower liqueur
Delightfully light and floral this homemade version of St Germain liqueur is delicious and easy to make too.
Ingredients
- 10 elderflower heads
- 500 ml vodka
- 100 ml dry vermouth
- 1/2 lemon peel only
- 50 g sugar
- 50 ml water
Instructions
- Carefully pick over the elderflowers to remove dust etc and put flowers in a clean jar along with vodka and dry vermouth
- peel the lemon and put half lemon peel into the jar and close. Shake well and set aside for a week in a cool dark cupboard
- pour the infused alcohol through a sieve lined with 2 layers of muslin/cheesecloth or kitchen roll
- make sugar syrup by heating the sugar and water till the sugar dissolves, cool and add to a sterilised bottle along with the elderflower infused alcohol and shake well
Notes
This will keep for up to a year in a cool cupboard.
Use your elderflower liqueur in cocktails or serve chilled as a shot. Use in baking and desserts too.
Use an unwaxed lemon or remove wax first by washing in hot soapy water with a nailbrush then rinsing thoroughly.
Nutrition
Calories: 1444kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 9mgPotassium: 81mgFiber: 2gSugar: 51gVitamin A: 12IUVitamin C: 29mgCalcium: 16mgIron: 1mg
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