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
ELDERFLOWER CHAMPAGNE
Learn how to make elderflower "champagne," a naturally fermented sparkling beverage made from elderflower clusters.
Provided by Leda Meredith
Categories Beverage
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- Do not wash the elderberry flowers. It is their natural yeasts that will cause fermentation. Just shake off any insects and remove the thick stalks.
- Place the honey or sugar in a very large bowl and pour in the 4 cups of boiling water. Stir until the honey or sugar has completely dissolved.
- Add the 12 cups of cold water. Stir in the vinegar or lemon juice and the elderberry flowers.
- Cover with a clean dishtowel and let the mixture sit at room temperature for 48 hours, stirring at least twice a day.
- By the end of these two days, you should see signs of fermentation: The top of the liquid will look frothy and bubbly, especially when you stir it. If the liquid is still completely still after 48 hours, add 1/4 teaspoon of wine or a very small pinch (just a few grains) of baking yeast and wait another 48 hours, stirring occasionally, before proceeding to the next step.
- Pour the fermenting elderflower champagne through a finely meshed sieve to strain out the flowers (and lemon rind, if using).
- Use a funnel to help transfer the brew into clean plastic soda-type bottles with screw tops or thick ceramic or beer bottles with flip tops. Do not use corked wine bottles because elderflower champagne is quite capable of popping out the corks or worse-exploding the bottles. Leave at least an inch of headspace between the surface of the liquid and the rims of the bottles. Secure the tops.
- Leave at room temperature for a week, "burping" the bottles (opening briefly) at least once a day. After the week at room temperature, move them to the refrigerator, but keep "burping" the bottles occasionally for another week.
- Serve chilled or over ice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 87 kcal, Carbohydrate 23 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, Sodium 11 mg, Sugar 23 g, Fat 0 g, ServingSize 4 quarts/liters (16 servings), UnsaturatedFat 0 g
ELDERFLOWER CHAMPAGNE
Make and share this Elderflower Champagne recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Strawberry Girl
Categories Beverages
Time P2DT40m
Yield 1 batch
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Do not wash the flower, but remove any insects and the thick stalks.
- Place the sugar in a very large bowl and cover with 2 pints of boiling water.
- Stir until the sugar has dissolved.
- Then add 6 pints cold water, the rind and juice of the lemons, the vinegar and flowers.
- Stir well.
- Cover and leave, covered, for 48 hours, stirring occasionally.
- Strain through a fine sieve into clean bottles with screw tops.
- Leave an inch gap at the top of each bottle and screw down well.
- Leave in a cool place to mature. Nice served with ice. Ready to drink in 6 weeks but it tastes better the longer it is left.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2681.8, Fat 0.5, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 123.9, Carbohydrate 695.9, Fiber 4.7, Sugar 683.2, Protein 1.9
ELDERFLOWER CHAMPAGNE
Make your own bubbly with this elderflower champagne recipe from River Cottage Spring
Provided by kydesmond
Time 2h
Yield Makes Litres
Number Of Ingredients 0
Steps:
- Put the hot water and sugar into a large container (a spotlessly clean bucket is good) and stir until the sugar dissolves, then top up with cold water so you have 6 litres of liquid in total.
- Add the lemon juice and zest, the vinegar and the flower heads and stir gently.
- Cover with clean muslin and leave to ferment in a cool, airy place for a couple of days. Take a look at the brew at this point, and if itâÂÂs not becoming a little foamy and obviously beginning to ferment, add a pinch of yeast.
- Leave the mixture to ferment, again covered with muslin, for a further four days. Strain the liquid through a sieve lined with muslin and decant into sterilised strong glass bottles with champagne stoppers (available from home-brewing suppliers) or Grolsch-style stoppers, or sterilized screw-top plastic bottles (a good deal of pressure can build up inside as the fermenting brew produces carbon dioxide, so strong bottles and seals are essential)
- Seal and leave to ferment in the bottles for at least a week before serving, chilled. The champagne should keep in the bottles for several months. Store in a cool, dry place.
HUGO - CHAMPAGNE APERITIF WITH ELDERFLOWER AND MINT
This drink sounds delicious! The Hugo is a new summer drink (would make a nice appetizer before a meal as well), originating in the South Tyrol region of Northern Italy, and is now popular all over Europe. Found on My German Kitchen in the Rockies. Serve a virgin Hugo, called a Heinrich, by substituting sparkling mineral water for the champagne. A Kurti is made by using basil leaves in place of the mint leaves. Find elderflower syrup at your local IKEA or online. Adjust the sweetness of your drink with the addition/reduction of the elderberry flower syrup.
Provided by BecR2400
Categories Beverages
Time 5m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Crush or muddle 4 mint leaves in a champagne or large wine glass.
- Add a small amount of elderflower syrup (about 1-2 teaspoons or 5-10 ml). Be careful not to add too much, otherwise you will end up with an overly sweet aperitif.
- Add the lime juice, champagne (100 ml= 3.38 fluid ounces) and mineral water (150 ml= 5 fluid ounces). Stir well with a cocktail spoon.
- Add more mint leaves and lime slices, and ice as desired.
- Serve with a straw.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 78.6, Fat 0.2, Sodium 7.3, Carbohydrate 13.9, Fiber 2.8, Sugar 2.9, Protein 0.7
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