| The apple, blackcurrant and elderflower smoothie sounded good, but far too healthy for me, as did the pear and almond frangipane tart. |
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| For the record I scoffed a tiny tub of blackcurrant so purple it sent my teeth mauve, and another of gooseberry and elderflower. |
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| Many drinkers are as likely to order an elderflower cordial as a pint of beer down at the local. |
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| Now the Goods Shed restaurant buys much of their pickings, and features their home-made wild cherry and elderflower on its drinks list. |
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| This has a pale hay colour, with a delicate, attractive nose that smells of damp elderflower and freshly peeled apple. |
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| In a bowl, combine the elderflower syrup, simple syrup, sparkling wine, d' Asti Prosecco, and violet extract. |
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| Spoon over your blueberry jam, cover with your elderflower cordial, and top with a sprig of mint. |
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| And so we bathe them in liqueur, toss them in ground peppercorns and douse them in elderflower syrup. |
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| I settled on the pear and the waiter suggested he bring a little elderflower sorbet on the side. |
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| We order drinks, elderflower cordial for my wife, a nice cup of brain-bothering caffeine for me, and then our meals. |
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| My parents have an elderflower tree in their backyard, and occasionally my dad makes cordial from it. |
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| I positioned my chair just so, put a couple of bottles of elderflower wine in the cooler, and spent the entire day out in the garden. |
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| Your party was drinking a late '80s Pomerol while you sensibly sipped an elderflower spritzer. |
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| However, there are also many new formulas employing herbs and exotic flavorings, such as elderflower syrup. |
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| Lena got an elderflower soda to drink, while I opted for an ecological espresso. |
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| Place two small scoops of the elderflower sorbet in a chilled martini glass. |
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| Place the berries in a small oven dish, sprinkle over 25g sugar and drizzle over the elderflower cordial. |
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| He produced both the main course and the pud Perry jelly with elderflower ice cream. |
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| Add a vanilla pod, a sprig of sweet cicely, lavender or elderflower cordial to rhubarb compote. |
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| Red cherry colour, with a bouquet of candied fruit, plum, elderflower and gingerbread. |
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| After doing so, he turned on the radio, sat in his favourite chair in the drawing room, drinking a small glass of elderflower cordial, and listened to the programme. |
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| Place the gooseberries, elderflower cordial and sugar in a medium-sized pan, add enough water to cover the fruit then place on the stove and bring to the boil. |
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| We started using lovage, calamint and elderflower – all quite unusual then – and our tasting menus grew from there. |
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| Wild rocket, sea purslane and fennel seemed to be everywhere, and we gathered elderflower by the armload. |
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| There's a beautifully illustrated book out now called Artisan Drinks by Lindy Wildsmith, which shows you how to make elderflower champagne etc. |
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| Divide between four frozen glasses, top with the remaining sparkling elderflower, garnish and serve at once. |
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| To top it all, another friend is celebrating her impeding nuptials by making her own elderflower champagne. |
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| Gooseberry fool with elderflower By Mark Diacono A classic marriage of spring-into-summer flavours, as simple to make as it is delicious. |
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| Traditionally, people made a syrup with berries and elderflower, to calm coughs, relieve symptoms of colds and flu. |
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| The latest example of Ricola's innovative drive is the launch of the new refreshing and vitalising elderflower products. |
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| Campari, vermouth, and elderflower have all been used throughout history to treat measles, inflammatory diseases, and more. |
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| These include apple and blackberry with a burst of blackcurrant, orange and raspberry with a splash of cranberry, and lemon and lime with a hint of elderflower. |
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| A sample sandwich of the pub's own home-cooked ham with elderflower and gooseberry chutney and salad sounds a little toppy, at £4.70, but every element of it was very good. |
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| With that in mind he conjures up a delicious sea vegetable salad, followed by a tangy elderflower and gooseberry fool for dessert. |
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| Izzy's, a playful, artisanal ice cream shop in St. Paul has a flavor called Swedish Garden Party: elderflower ice cream with raspberry swirl and crumbled gingersnap cookies. |
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| For extra sparkle add a spoon of champagne foam 5 FOR THE FOAM You need 300ml elderflower champagne, 1 gelatine leaf, 1 CO2 drinks carbonator. |
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| A few weeks ago, I wrote about strange names for beers and Jill Lucas sent me a photograph of Young's Damselfly elderflower lager. |
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| Atherton makes a gooseberry and elderflower jam which he serves with duck, for instance, and Weiss marries a sharp gooseberry relish with salt marsh lamb. |
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| Whether it's artisan, vegan-friendly pizza at Fire in the Hole, West Country raclette from Eat Bristol or hand-made elderflower cordial from the Festival Elderflower Company, there is something for just about every palate. |
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| Stepping up the flavour is a plate of scallops, cured in elderflower vodka and served with preserved sea cabbage, powdered seaweed and pickled samphire. |
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| Its five-strong range of cocktails includes Blueberry Bramble, Passionfruit Mai Tai and Elderflower Collins. |
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