Sparkling Elderflower Wine Recipe....

Ingredients

1 pint elderflowers (destalked)
8 pints boiling water
3lbs sugar
Juice of 1 lemon
Grated rind of 1 lemon
½oz yeast

Method

• Add lemon rind to the elderflowers, pour boiling water over them and stand for four days, stirring occasionally.

• Strain through a fine sieve or muslin, then stir in sugar, lemon juice and yeast.

• Ferment at room temperature (not below 18˚C).

• When the bubbling has ceased, stir the wine and allow to settle for three days.

• Strain again carefully.

• Put in a demijohn to mature for three months, then bottle.

Enjoy!