1, 2, 3 Elderflower Gifts

Elder tree lovers, more ways tor use your favourite wild food taste with 3 recipes for you to try.
Caramel syrup, Caramel crunch and Caramel toffees.
If you missed bottling up some of your own cordial, shop bought will do. Just look for the purest.

Methods
1. Elderflower Caramel Toffee Treats.
Boil 100gm sugar and 25ml elderflower cordial until 130c[large ball] add 100ml cream bring to the boil again add 25gms salted butter stir with a wooden spoon  for 2-3 mins until the liquid comes cleanly from the sides of the pan. Pour into a small try lined with parchment paper. When cool cut into squares, when ready to eat, keep them a secret or share them.

2. Caramel crunch.
 Reduce 50ml of elderflower cordial by half add 100gms of sugar Bring to the boil to 140c[hard crack stage] and pour onto a sheet of parchment paper leave to set. When set, crunch into pieces then grind to a coarse powder. I add this to my biscuit mix, it gives a wonderful zing along with the daily 'cuppa'.
 see.Basic biscuit mix.

3.Caramel syrup.
Boil  250gms sugar and 50ml of elderflower cordial on a medium heat until it reaches 140c c[hard crack] and turning amber carefully add 150ml of elderflower cordial until all is blended, leave to cool and pour in to a warm sterilised bottle- take care as it's very hot, the syrup will thicken on cooling.
This is a guest favourite on greek youghurt at breakfast.

Christmas note.
To those of you who make your own cordial it's worth a try, they make ideal presents alongside this years bottle!