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Elderflower recipes
Wondering what to make with elderflowers? Browse our best elderflower recipes, including refreshing cordial, cakes and desserts. We’ve even got a savoury recipe, for Italian-style pickles with elderflower.
How to forage for wild elderflower: Elderflowers have a distinctive sweet floral scent, which you will recognise if you’ve had cordial made from the blossoms before, and have white, star-shaped flowers. Find out more about how to identify and pick it.
Old fashioned favourites: Learn how to make elderflower cordial to enjoy in drinks and recipes through the summer or try a batch of fizzy elderflower ‘wine’. Elderflower cordial is delicious in a classic hugo spritz cocktail, too.
Cakes and bakes: Make the most of elderflower’s aromatic scent with a drizzle loaf, lemon and elderflower cake or tangy tart.
Inspired desserts: Fragrant elderflower goes well with summer fruits. We love it this elegant gooseberry pavlova and easy strawberry fool.
Discover more inspiration for seasonal courgettes, gooseberries and strawberries.
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Elderflower drizzle cake
Lemon and elderflower are a match made in heaven, and this easy drizzle cake proves it.…
FreezableVegetarian
🍽 Serves 6-8⏱ 15 min hands-on · 45 min oven◆ Easy
Easy elderflower cordial
Fresh elderflower heads are essential for this homemade cordial recipe. Rest assured you’ll never want to…
🍽 Makes about 2 litres⏱ 10 min hands-on◆ Easy
Hugo spritz (elderflower prosecco cocktail)
Transport yourself to a summery evening in Northern Italy with a refreshing cocktail of prosecco, gin…
🍽 Serves 1⏱ 5 min hands-on◆ Easy
Elderflower and pear shrub (drinking vinegar)
A fruit-based drinking vinegar, a shrub balances sweetness and acidity in a lightly fermented syrup that…
Dairy-freeGluten-free
🍽 Makes about 800ml (6-8 servings)⏱ 10 min hands-on◆ Easy
Gooseberry and toasted coconut pavlova
This showpiece pavlova by Angela Clutton anticipates summer’s arrival, combining floral elderflowers and early-season gooseberries. The…
Gluten-free
🍽 Serves 6-8⏱ 45 min hands-on · 1 min oven◆ Medium
Elderflower jellies with boozy cream
An effortless little pud (for grown-ups) packed with the heady aromas of elderflower. The first few…
Gluten-free
🍽 Serves 2⏱ 15 min hands-on◆ Easy
Strawberry, lemon and elderflower meringue
Crisp meringue is topped with elderflower-spiked whipped cream and a pile of sweet strawberries in this…
Gluten-free
🍽 Serves 8⏱ 10 min hands-on · 2 hours 30 min oven◆ Easy
Elderflower prosecco with cucumber
Complete any summer party with this light elderflower prosecco cocktail, garnished with cucumber ribbons for extra…
🍽 Serves 8⏱ 10 min hands-on◆ Easy
Strawberry and elderflower sorbet
You won’t find a more summery dessert than our strawberry and elderflower sorbet. It’s the perfect…
Dairy-free
🍽 Serves 6 (makes about 1 litre)⏱ 20 min hands-on◆ Easy
Elderflower fizz
This summer refresher is easier to make than you might think. A light and fragrant drink,…
🍽 Makes about 3 litres⏱ 10 min hands-on◆ Easy
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