preserving elderflower cordial

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preserving elderflower cordial

Postby milesthemeat » Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:55 am

Hi all

Just made a large batch of elderflower cordial and am looking for the best way to preserve it.

I don't want to use up any of my freezer space so want to bottle the liquid. Any wine makers out there have any suggestions?

I did think of pasteurising it but am not sure if the heat will destroy the subtle flavour

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Postby jpj » Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:43 am

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Postby saucisson » Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:27 pm

Some recipes advocate pouring boiling sugar syrup over the flower heads and if you are making elderflower wine you normally boil the flowers (less the stalks). I have made it with a hot syrup and it kept quite well in the fridge although it did pick up a tiny bit of fizz suggesting the wild yeasts might have survived to some extent. If you made yours cold I would try jpj's idea. Why not also take one bottles worth and see what happens if you heat it to pateurisation temperatures?

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