Wash and slice your rhubarb into little chunks and then put them onto a baking tray with a little drizzle of oil and cover generously with honey. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes at 180/160’c fan
Put your washed lettuce into your salad bowl, followed by cress, feta, blueberries and pomegranate. Drizzle over the elderflower cordial and give everything a good mix.
Then spread your roasted rhubarb on top and enjoy! X
With Elderflower currently in season I thought this would be the perfect recipe for my first post on this blog! I’ve been making homemade elderflower cordial for many years now creating and tweaking the recipe to make it perfect.
Ingredients;
1kg Caster sugar
2 lemons sliced
2 limes sliced
4 pints of boiled water
70G citric acid
250G trimmed flower heads
METHOD;
Start by picking 250g of elderflower heads! You want approximately 25-30 heads depending on their size. Once you’ve got enough give them a gentle rinse to clean off unwanted bugs but be very careful not to knock the flowers off. Once they’re clean set them aside to dry off while you prep the syrup.
Start by putting your sugar, citric acid and boiled water into a pan and gently heat on the hob/stove (do not boil). Once everything has dissolved add your sliced lemons & limes and continue to gently stir over a low heat for a further 5 minutes.
Remove from the heat and add your elderflower heads to the syrup giving everything a good mix. Allow to cool, cover and leave for 24hrs.
After 24hrs strain your mix through a cheese cloth several times until all little bits have been removed and then pour your cordial into your desired bottles & ENJOY! ✨
NOTES;
Stores really well in the fridge or freezer! I LOVE this cordial in the summer served with lemonade & ice cubes 🍋
I purchase food grade citric acid from Amazon, I’ll share the link below;
thefarmhousekitchenblog 