It's Elderflower Cordial Time!
This is the recipe we used in 2009 (and it was gorgeous!!)
Yummy!
Ingredients
This is simply gorgeous on a hot day...
2 lemons
½ pint water
a bunch of mint leaves
1 tbsp liquid honey
20 fl oz Ginger ale
Adapted from the BBC Good Food Magazine
350g fresh raspberries
200g caster sugar
1 lemon sliced
1 orange sliced
225 ml cold water
1+1/2 cups raspberries; 1+1/2 cups fresh lemon juice (about 5 lemons); 1 - 1+1/2 cups sugar; 3 cups cold water.
2 shots of brandy or whiskey
3 tsp of honey
1 tea bag
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp sugar
Place all the above ingredients into a large mug and add boiling water. Let the tea bag steep until it is the desired strength, then remove it.
Good for colds or for the cold weather