Sparkling Elderflower Wine

Name: Sparkling Elderflower Wine
Ingredients: 10 bunches elderberry flowers (an umbel is a flower cluster all starting from the same point, literally a little umbrella); 1 lemon; 350 ml water; 8 tablespoons apple cider vinegar; 4 tablespoons honey; 1 lemon, juice of

6 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

10 bunches elderberry flowers (an umbel is a flower cluster all starting from the same point, literally a little umbrella)
1 lemon
350 ml water
8 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
4 tablespoons honey
1 lemon, juice of

Directions

1

Rinse the elderberry flowers- they must be just in bloom.
2

Cut the lemon into thin slices and mix with the flowers and the remaining ingredients in a reasonably large container.
3

Stir.
4

Cover the container and leave in a warm place.
5

The juice can be drunk after 24 hours.
6

If necessary add lemon and honey to taste.
7

After 2-3 days the drink will begin to effervesce.
8

Then sieve, put into screwtop bottles and store in a dark room.
9

The juice will turn into sparkling wine in around 4 weeks.