At Rievaulx Farm Shop we recently made fresh elderflower punch!

At this time of year you can always find elderflowers, pick them wild or grow them, they make refreshing, tasty drinks and they are so simple to make...

We are selling bottles of it for £4.50

To makes 3 litres of elderflower punch

Ingredients:

• 375g of sugar

• 3 litters of water

• 3.5 lemons

• 8-10 elderflowers

- First warm 1.2L to simmering in a sauce pan.

- Then add 375g of sugar and stir with a wooden spoon.

- After making sure that the sugar has completely dissolved add the juice from the lemons.

- Leave simmering for another 5 minuets and stir to make sure all sugar and lemon is mixed in.

- Then in a big bowl or jug add 2.8L cold water and add to the boiled mixture and then let it cool to room temperature.

- Then chop 2.5 lemons in half and squeeze their juice into the cold water and boiled mixture, and add the whole lemon so they can soak.

- Add the elderflowers and cover mixture.

- Leave 3 days before sieving. We used a muslin to make sure no flowers or lemon pips were left in the drink.

- Then enjoy :) Refreshing and slightly fizzy

You can either bottle it or enjoy it fresh. Last for a few weeks in the fridge or can be frozen but remember it will expand so give it plenty of spare space in the bottle.