Ideas for Elderflower: How to Process Fresh Elderflowers!

Finally, elderflowers are blooming and elderflower delicacies can be prepared! Many inspirations can be drawn from Monika Halmos's cookbooks, and I will also be picking from there! I have had a long-standing attraction to elderflowers. Their fragrance, flower shape, and taste are all so magical to me that elderflower blooming is one of the most beautiful periods of spring for me. Why would elderflower be important in sustainable gardens? It's a wonderful pollinator-friendly plant that can be grown as a dwarf tree or shrub, making it attractive not only in a shrub border but also as a solitary plant. Since aphids also like it, it plays a significant role in maintaining ladybug and lacewing populations, because as we know, a sustainable garden is not about a lack of insects. I pick elderflowers without washing them into a large 5-liter preserving jar, slice some organic lemon on top, add a bit of sugar - much less than basic recipes usually call for - and fill it with water, then ...