Elderberry Cordial

    • Elderberries (still on stalks)
    • Sugar
    • Cloves
    1. Pick the fruit on a dry day and stew with the stalks in a large stainless steel saucepan, with just enough water to cover.
    2. Strain through muslin squeezing to get all the juice.
    3. To each pint of juice add 1 lb of white granulated sugar and 10 cloves.
    4. Boil for 10 minutes.
    5. Allow to cool and bottle in sterile bottles with good quality plastic screw-on tops making sure you distribute the cloves evenly amongst the bottles (they act as a preservative).
    6. The cordial can be used immediately, and will keep well for a year or two.
    7. Taken with hot water it is renowned as a guard against colds, and a glass a day through winter is a wise precaution..