Recipe for 10 litres:
·
6.7
litres hot water
·
1.170kg
sugar
·
Juice and
zest of 7 lemons (I just peeled the rind off them, we'll see if it works)
·
3 tbsp
white wine vinegar
·
25 heads
of elderflower
1. Put the hot water and sugar into
a large container (a spotlessly clean bucket is good) and stir until the sugar
dissolves, then top up with cold water so you have 6 litres of liquid in total.
2. Add the lemon juice and zest,
the vinegar and the flower heads and stir gently.
3. Cover with clean muslin and
leave to ferment in a cool, airy place for a couple of days. Take a look at the
brew at this point, and if it’s not becoming a little foamy and obviously
beginning to ferment, add a pinch of yeast.
4. Leave the mixture to ferment,
again covered with muslin, for a further four days. Strain the liquid through a
sieve lined with muslin and decant into sterilised strong glass bottles with
champagne stoppers (available from home-brewing suppliers) or Grolsch-style
stoppers, or sterilized screw-top plastic bottles (a good deal of pressure can
build up inside as the fermenting brew produces carbon dioxide, so strong
bottles and seals are essential).
5. Seal and leave to ferment in the
bottles for at least a week before serving, chilled. The champagne should keep
in the bottles for several months. Store in a cool, dry place
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