Elder Flower Champagne

 Elder Flower Champagne 

Harvest blossoms on a fine, hot June day, quick, quick, don’t wait; elder’s blooming period is fairly short. I learned how to make this in New Zealand twenty years ago and have made it yearly since. The best part? It is ready to drink in a few days. I share two recipes with you. Both are wonderful but they do taste slightly different.

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Simply Living Elder Flower Champagne 

10 heads of elder flowers

4 lemons

1 heaping tablespoon of cream of tartar

2 cups white sugar

18 cups water

Grate lemon rind finely; only the colored part, not the bitter white part.

Then cut the lemons and squeeze the juice. 

Combine lemon rind, lemon juice, sugar, water, cream of tartar, and elder flowers in a plastic bucket or other non-metal container.

Cover loosely and leave for 24 hours, then strain, bottle, and cork. 

Ready to drink in a week!

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Read the 2nd recipe on the mentorship website:

https://www.wisewomanmentor.com/recipes-1

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Garlic Mustard

Weed walk:

Garlic mustard - Alliaria officinalis

Eat it up before it flowers. Yummy in salads or cooked

More Weed walks at Personal Mentorship: 

www.wisewomanmentor.com/healing-wise

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