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    Elderflower Cordial (Hollunder Syrup)

    Published: Jul 8, 2019 · Modified: Oct 24, 2022 by Helene Dsouza

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    DIY 5 ingredient Elderflower Cordial is a simple syrup prepared with fresh elderflower blossoms. This is a no cook, authentic recipe!
    Total Time: 2 days 20 minutes
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Resting Time: 2 days
    150 servings
    5 from 2 votes
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    Elderflower Cordial

    My Elderflower Cordial is a family recipe prepared without cooking, with fresh elderflower blossoms, and includes only 5 ingredients!

    Elderflower Cordial
    My mum sells her Elderflower syrup in the farmer's market
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    • 📕 What is Elderflower?
    • 🥂 How to use it?
    • 🔪 How to make it?
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    📕 What is Elderflower?

    Elderflower is a flowering plant with strongly flavored small cream colored blossoms.

    The little blossoms of an elderflower bush taste intense, delicate and floral.

    Elderflowers can be harvested in spring up to mid July.

    The blossoms turn into berries, aka Elderberries, which can be turned into a jelly.

    Elderflower head growing on the bush
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    Elderflowers are super common in Europe and the most common way to enjoy them is turned into a Cordial, which we also call Holunder syrup.

    Holunder is just another name for the elderflower.

    In fact, Elderflower cordial has been produced in local central European homes for ages, even the Romans mention it.

    The shrub itself grows in Europe, North & South America, Asia and Australia, so maybe it might be growing in your neighborhood!

    Elderflower blossoms close up

    🥂 How to use it?

    We usually, dilute our elderflower cordial with plain fresh water or sometimes even with soda water to serve as a Lemonade

    Holunder cordial has got a tradition in my native home and I remember having it as a kid in masses.

    Elderflower Cordial

    There is a benefit of drinking water diluted elderflower cordial as it refreshes you when the days get hotter.

    The elderflower cordial can be used as a syrup to prepare exciting cocktails.

    I recommend a Elderflower Gin Cocktail to start out.

    You can also drizzle some of the syrup over a pound cake or serve it with pancakes.

    Elderflower Cordial

    🔪 How to make it?

    This is a cold elderflower cordial recipe.

    That means the syrup is prepared by infusion without having to cook the tender elderflower blossoms.

    Here is how we do it

    Step 1

    Pick your flowers fresh and rinse them to get rid of any impurities.

    Add to a large bucket the water, sugar, lemon slices, fresh elderflowers and citric acid.

    Mix everything well and close the bucket with a lid.

    Elderflower Cordial

    Step 2

    Leave the cordial to sit for two days in the bucket.

    Mix the content 2 times a day.

    Elderflower Cordial

    Step 3

    On the third day, strain the cordial so that you are left with the clear syrup.

    Bottle up the Elderflower cordial and enjoy.

    Elderflower syrup can be stored for about 10 months in a cool and dry place, away from sun light in sterilized bottles.

    Elderflower Cordial

    See full detailed recipe with ingredients and instructions in the recipe card further below.

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    Elderflower Cordial

    Elderflower Cordial Recipe

    DIY 5 ingredient Elderflower Cordial is a simple syrup prepared with fresh elderflower blossoms. This is a no cook, authentic recipe!
    5 from 2 votes
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    Course: Drinks
    Cuisine: Austrian, German
    elderflower cordial recipe, How to make elderflower cordial
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Resting Time: 2 days
    Total Time: 2 days 20 minutes
    Servings: 150 servings
    Calories: 106kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    • 0.8 gallon Water cold
    • 20 large Elderflower Heads with opened flowers
    • 8.8 pounds Sugar
    • 6 Lemon peeled, cut into slices
    • 3.5 ounces Citric Acid Powder
    US - Metric

    Instructions

    • Rinse the flowers and remove roughly the main stem. Leave the flowers on the rest of the greenery.
    • Add to the clean large bucket the water, sugar and flowers.
    • Peel the Lemons and cut them roughly into fat slices.
    • Add the Lemon slices and the Citric acid powder to the bucket with the other ingredients and mix the whole content well with the elongated cooking spoon.
    • Leave the elderflower mixture stand for 2 days. Keep on stirring throughout the day once or twice so that it all gets well mixed and close always with the lid. The elderflower flavors will infuse the sugar water.
    • After 2 days you can strain and bottle the syrup. Press the syrup out of the blossoms and lemon pieces to get the maximum out of your home made syrup.
    • Store in a clean sterilized bottle in a cool and dry place, away from direct sun light.
    • Enjoy with water as a refreshing cooler in the summer months!

    Notes

    1. One batch of Elderflower syrup makes about 1 ½ gallon (6 liters), which in turn should fill about 6 bottles. This makes about 150 servings (if used as a beverage mixed with water)
    2. It's better to prepare this large batch because elderflower cordial makes a great gift and can be stored for up to 10 months in a cool and dry place if kept in sterilized jars.

    Equipment

    • Large Bucket with a Lid
    • Long Handle Wooden Cooking Spoon
    • Soup Ladle
    • Large Funnel
    • Fine-Mesh Strainer
    • Canning Bottles

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Elderflower Cordial Recipe
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 106 Calories from Fat 9
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 1g2%
    Saturated Fat 1g5%
    Sodium 1mg0%
    Potassium 6mg0%
    Carbohydrates 27g9%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 27g30%
    Protein 1g2%
    Vitamin A 5IU0%
    Vitamin C 2.3mg3%
    Calcium 2mg0%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Comments

    1. Ricky says

      September 01, 2019 at 3:17 pm

      Try it with joghurt or in cream cheese also as a filling for a pie. It is delicious, you might want to add some flowers as decoration.

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      • Helene Dsouza says

        September 01, 2019 at 7:28 pm

        thanks for the ideas! 🙂

        Reply
    2. Susie says

      September 13, 2012 at 10:52 pm

      I just attended a meeting in Innsbruck, and on the weekend went hiking in the mountains. At a little hut/restaurant on the mountain I was introduced to hollunder with sparkling water. It was so refreshing. I planted an elderberry in my front yard several years ago, and last year we made elderberry jelly. Very good, but next spring I'm going for hollunder. Thanks for the recipe!

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      • Helene Dsouza says

        September 14, 2012 at 9:28 pm

        Hi Susie! So, how do u like my home region? =) You are going to love this recipe, because its the best I know. Of that batch we made that day, we gave some bottles to our friends and neighbors. They know that they will get one every year and they get all excited. =D Glad I could help!

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