LUSH SCENTED ELDER FLOWER
this week
good for sinusitis, colds, flu, bronchitis, diabetes, and constipation.
Elderflower
Tea
It smells awesome, it's delicious as a syrup and it's even a herb, beneficial for the immune system. Now that it's blooming everywhere I made this fresh tea, but if you want to stock for the winter spread the blooms out on paper or kitchen towels and leave to dry in a warm, dry and shady spot until they are crispy dry. Store them in an airtight container.
Elderflower pancake
Just make your regular pancake dough and mix as many blooms in as you feel your dough can hold together.
Before adding the blossoms remove any insects or debris. Try not to wash them, as they will lose a lot of flavour.
(I'm always using naturally gluten free flours, this pancake on the picture is made of plantain, you can make it from 2 eggs and 2 cups of flour with water and a pinch of sodium bicarbonate. Using sorghum flower would make more resemblance to the wheat dough, but it would need more eggs then. I'm also sharing recipes on pancakes made of seeds and nuts, very specific, you can reach them in the Hormone Club.)
Elder Flower Syrup:
Ingredients for 2 litres: 1500 gram cocos blossom sugar; 1 l filtered water, 2 tbs food grade citric acid, 30 big elderflower heads (the more the merrier),1 organic lemon, cut into slices
Directions:
- Remove any insects or debris from the elderflower blossoms.
- Combine sugar, water, and citric acid in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved (no need to boil). Remove from heat and allow the syrup to cool to room temperature.
- Trim the thick stems away from the elderflower heads as much as you can and discard.
- Add the blossoms and the lemon slices to a large glass jar or a big bowl.
- Pour the cool syrup into the the elderflower blossoms. Make sure that the blossoms are immersed in the syrup with a tool, not with your hands. Under a lid or a tea towel let it steep in the fridge for 48 hours, stirring the syrup once daily.
- Strain the syrup through a fine-meshed sieve lined with a cheesecloth or a paper towel into a clean jar/bottle.
- Bottle the syrup – use tight screw tops. This syrup will usually keep for 1 year as is, stored in a dark, cool place. To make sure it keeps this long or even longer, after straining, you can boil the syrup for 5 minutes in a large pot before filling it into bottles. Once opened, store the bottle in the fridge.
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