Elderflower & Spruce Lemonade
In this video I show you how I make the new spruce and elderflower welcome drink. I'll also include the recipe bellow & you could choose to make this replacing the spruce infusion with apple juice if you have missed the chance to collect or don't feel confident collecting spruce tips.
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RECIPE
For the Finished Drink -
140g Spruce syrup (see below)
80g Osmanthus syrup (see below)
60g Elderflower Verjus (see below)
20g lemon juice
520g Water
Combine all ingredients together, carbonate if desired, then chill until ready to serve .
New Spruceade Osmanthus infusion -
2.5g Osmanthus Flowers
250g sugar
250g water
Zest 2 lemon
Mix and cold infuse overnight then strain.
Spruce Tip Syrup
50g spruce tips
100g Sugar
100g water
Blend well and cold infuse overnight then strain.
Elderflower Verjus -
Fresh Elderflower
Verjus
Mix and cold infuse overnight then strain.
Dandelion Foam -
600g Dandelion Infusion (see below)
0.4g Easywhip
Dandelion Infusion -
650g Caster sugar
1300g Water
39g Citric acid
Juice and zest of 5 lemons
100g Picked Dandelion Petals
Pick the yellow petals from the dandelion heads (this is laborious but necessary).
Combine the sugar, citric acid, water, lemon sets and juice and bring to a simmer.
Allow this to cool
Add the petals to the cooled liquid and allow to infuse at room temperature for two days, then strain and bottle or freeze the cordial.
Video Timestamps -
00:00 Introduction
1:04 Elderflower Verjus
2:53 Spruce Infusion
3:30 Osmanthus Flower Infusion
4:14 Making the drink
5:30 Carbonating the drink
6:02 Dandelion petal foam
7:39 Serving the drink